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Mermaid Baby

A popular term for a rare—1:100,000 births—congenital defect in which the legs are fused together, simulating a mermaid’s tail. Because it is often associated with urinary tract defects—kidney and bladder—as well as other organ defects, most infants die shortly after birth. It is 100 times more common in identical twins and is linked to defective in utero development of the lower abdominal aorta. The preferred medical term is sirenomelia

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No references found			The Mermaid Girl had not been expected by the experts to endure the Mermaid Syndrome that causes its victim's legs to fuse together in the womb. 8yr-old 'Mermaid Girl' born with fused legs survives more than 150 ... by Asian News International Milagros Cerron, whose first name means "miracles" in Spanish, was born with a rare congenital defect known as sirenomelia, or mermaid syndrome, which left her legs connected from her heels to her groin. Miracle of the little dancing mermaid girl by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			mercury-free Mercy Killing merge merger meric Meridia meridian meridian channels Meridians meridianus meridional meridional aberration Merino Merinolandschaf sheep Meriones unguiculatus merisis merit compensation Merkel cell Merkel cell carcinoma Merkel disk Merkel's corpuscle merle MERLIN Merlit Mermaid Baby Mermaid Syndrome Mermis subnigrescens mero- meroanencephaly meroblastic merocele merocrine merocrine gland merodiastolic merogenesis merogony meromelia meromicrosomia meromyarian meromyosin meropenem meropia merorachischisis merosmia merosystolic merotomy merozoite merozygote MERRF MERRF syndrome Merrifield			Merloni TermoSanitari Spa merlons merlons Merlot Merlot Merlots Merluccius Merluccius Merluccius albidus Merluccius albidus Merluccius bilinearis Merluce Merlyn Merlyn Merlyn MERM mermaid mermaid mermaid Mermaid Baby Mermaid Deformity Mermaid fish Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure Mermaid Music Mermaid Music Mermaid purse Mermaid purse Mermaid Smiled Mermaid Syndrome Mermaid weed Mermaid's glove Mermaid's Hair Mermaid's Hair Mermaid's head Mermaid's purse Mermaid's purse Mermaid's purse mermaid's purses mermaid's purses Mermaids Mermaids Mermaids purse Mermaids purse merman merman Merman, Ethel Mermen Mermen MERMER Mermet Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area Mermin, N. David Mermis subnigrescens Mermithidae Mermithoidea MERML MERMLS MERN Merneptah Merneptah I

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Mermaid Baby (redirected from Mermaid Syndrome)

Mermaid Baby
(redirected from Mermaid Syndrome)