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Bladder Exstrophy

Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling
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Bladder exstrophy is a rare developmental anomaly occurring as an isolated defect in about 1/25,000–1/40,000 births (Cacciari et al. 1999).

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Chen, H. (2015). Bladder Exstrophy. In: Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6430-3_25-2

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    Bladder Exstrophy
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6430-3_25-3

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6430-3_25-2