Hypoplasia WisdomCard™

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  1. Wikipedia: Hypoplasia en.wikipedia.org - Hypoplasia
  2. Cleveland Clinic: Birth Defects my.clevelandclinic.org - Birth Defects
  3. American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP): The Newborn Examination: Part I. Emergencies and Common Abnormalities Involving the Skin, Head, Neck, Chest, and Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems aafp.org - The Newborn Examination: Part I. Emergencies and Common Abnormalities Involving the Skin, Head, Neck, Chest, and Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems
  4. KidsHealth: When Your Baby Has a Birth Defect? kidshealth.org - When Your Baby Has a Birth Defect?
  5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Birth Defects cdc.gov - Birth Defects
  6. HealthAtoZ: Birth Defects healthatoz.com - Birth Defects
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Research Notes on Hypoplasia


Hypoplasia is underdevelopment or incomplete development of a tissue or organ. Although the term is not always used precisely, it properly refers to an inadequate or below-normal number of cells. Hypoplasia is similar to aplasia, but less severe. It is the opposite of hyperplasia (too many cells). ...read more on Wikipedia

Fast Facts:

  • Abnormalities can occur in any major organ or part of the body.1
  • Agenesis refers to the failure of an organ to develop during embryonic growth and development.2
  • Twenty percent of birth defects are caused by genetic or hereditary factors.3

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ HealthAtoZ: Birth Defects
  2. ↑ Wikipedia: Agenesis
  3. ↑ Cleveland Clinic: Birth Defects

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