Frontoethmoidal meningoencephalocele: a common and severe congenital abnormality in South East Asia.
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- 1 June 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 67 (6) , 717-719
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.67.6.717
Abstract
The clinical features of 23 cases of fronto-ethmoidal meningoencephalocele are described in two South East Asian populations. The clinical, embryological, and epidemiological evidence may support an early teratogenic insult in the aetiology of this congenital defect.Keywords
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