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microcephaly [‚mī·krō′sef·ə·lē] (medicine) The condition of having an abnormally small head, with a circumference less than two standard deviations below the mean. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Thirteen of the high-risk infants also had major medical concerns, including intraventricular hemorrhage, periventricular leukomalacia, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, seizures, hydrocephalus, microcephaly, or patent ductus arteriosus; 6 others had severe meconium aspiration. Richards of the University of California, Berkeley reviewed genetic and biological factors that contribute to microcephaly and short stature in people today. African Americans with vitiligo, albinism, and microcephaly, proposing that they were the "missing links" in an evolutionary chain extending upward from monkey to black man to white. |
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