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Anencephaly

How is it caused?

In most cases the aetiology (cause) is unknown but there are some relations with abnormal genes.

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Medical text written February 2006 by Mr N Buxton, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

 

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