Sentences with word «phocomelia»

Doses as low as 54 milligrams in an average - sized adult female (far less than a quarter of a teaspoon) can cause an increased risk of phocomelia — a decrease in the size of the upper limbs.

Conventional wisdom has long held that thalidomide's signature defect — a shortened, seal - like «flapper» arm, known as phocomelia — affects both sides of the body.

Typically, the infants were afflicted with a condition called phocomelia and were born with one arm missing.

For some time, no one suspected that thalidomide was the cause of the significant increase in the incidence of phocomelia.

Worldwide, roughly 10,000 affected children nicknamed «thalidomide babies» were born with multiple defects, including the characteristic shortened upper limbs (a condition known as phocomelia, Greek for «seal limbs»), before the drug was discontinued in 1961 after four years on the market.

TO THANH NAM is a victim of phocomelia, a congenital deformity that has left him without legs.

If your pup is pregnant, you should inform your veterinarian about it as studies have shown Prednisolone can lead to a variety of congenital anomalies in unborn puppies including cleft palate, anasarca, front leg deformities, and phocomelia.

Corticosteroids administered to dogs during pregnancy have also resulted in other congenital anomalies, including deformed forelegs, phocomelia and anasarca.