Abstract
Body stalk anomaly, sometimes also called limb body wall complex, is a rare abdominal wall defect due to failure of the development of the body stalk. Prevalence is estimated to be 0.32 per 10,000 births.
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Chen, H. (2017). Body Stalk Anomaly. In: Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2401-1_27
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