title: Discordant anencephaly with a cleft lip and palate in a pergonal-induced triplet pregnancy.
abstract: Anencephaly in triplets and pergonal induced pregnancies is a very rare incident. Associated cleft lip and palate has never been reported in these case. In this paper we report the first case of an anencephalic infant with cleft lip and palate in a set of pergonal-induced discordant triplet pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Rejjal
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Abu-Osba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000757:Anencephaly / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002585:Cesarean Section; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000139:chemically induced*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008596:Menotropins / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature; D010062:Ovulation Induction / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014310:Triplets; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D008596:Menotropins