Volume: 6 Issue: 3
Year: 2018, Page: 80-81,
Amniotic band syndrome (ABS) is a well-described clinical entity, which includes several congenital deformities. Misdiagnosis is common for this entity. Incidence being 1 in 12000 births. Hand malformations and limb defects are frequent ,constriction rings, acrosyndactylies and amniotic amputations,anencephaly,encephalocele,clefting, face(asymmetric), body wall and internal organs deformities, are associated with it.
Keywords: Amniotic bands, incidence, hand malformations
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