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gastroschisis

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gastroschisis /gas·tros·chi·sis/ (gas-tros´ki-sis) congenital fissure of the anterior abdominal wall.
gas·tros·chi·sis (g-strsk-ss)
n.
A congenital fissure in the abdominal wall usually accompanied by protrusion of the viscera. Also called celoschisis.
gastroschisis
a congenital fissure of the abdominal wall.
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They analyzed data from 76 cases of gastroschisis as well as 2,142 controls who had other types of birth defects such as cleft lip.
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A low prepregnancy body mass index is a risk factor for an offspring with gastroschisis.
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Nutritional deficiencies in teenaged mothers have been implicated in the greater incidence of gastroschisis in their offspring (58).
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