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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1968;11(8):429-432. Published online August 31, 1968.

A Case of Anencephalus

Shin Ho Park¹

¹Dept, of Pediatrics，Seoul Sanitarium & Hospital

Abstract

A case of anencephalus without any external abnormalities associated with no pituitary gland, atrophied adrenal glands and hypertrophied thymus at the 34 weeks of pregnancy, 88 year old, is presented. Diagnosis of anencephalic fetus was made by abdominal X-ray of mother before the delivery.

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