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Two male infants were noted at birth to have open wounds involving a forearm. These have been associated with abnormal bone modelling and growth. The cause of these appearances remains unclear and no similar cases have been reported.
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Boothroyd, A.E., Shaw, D.G. & Fixsen, J.A. Puzzling intrauterine insults. Skeletal Radiol 18, 457–458 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00368615
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