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Hydranencephaly in a newborn with a FLVCR2 mutation and prenatal exposure to cocaine.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Jan 2015
Soster Erica L, Tucker Megan, Escobar Luis F, Vance Gail H
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BACKGROUND: Hydranencephaly is a relatively rare but severe structural brain abnormality that often results in perinatal death. Although several factors including infection and multiple births have been reported to be associated with this birth defect, the underlying etiology is not well understood. Recently, FLVCR2 gene mutations have been implicated in a subset of hydranencephaly cases, following an autosomal...
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