Frontoethmoidal meningoencephalocele: a common and severe congenital abnormality in South East Asia.
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.
Richards
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Department of Paediatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford.
D002160:Cambodia / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000473:pathology; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000473:pathology; D013785:Thailand / Q000208:ethnology