Mermaid baby

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Khan, Nausheen
Ismail, Farzanah
Van de Werke, Irma
Gongxeka, H.J.M.

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Health & Medical Publishing Group

Abstract

We were recently intrigued by a baby born at Kalafong Hospital with fused lower extremities resembling a mermaid, which caused us to search for the background and origin of this entity called sirenomelia.

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Baby, Sirenomelia, Opodial symmelia

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Khan, N, Ismail, F, Van de Werke, I & Gongxeka, HJM 2010, 'Mermaid baby', SA Journal of Radiology, vol. 14, no 3, pp. 66-68. [http://www.journals.co.za/sama/m_sajr.html]