Multiple abnormalities

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When a patient has multiple abnormalities (multiple anomaly, multiple deformity), they have a congenital abnormality that cannot be primarily identified with a single system of the body or single disease process.{{cite book |doi=10.1016/B978-0-323-82823-9.00027-1 |chapter=The Dysmorphic Infant |title=Avery's Diseases of the Newborn |date=2024 |last1=Taylor Wild |first1=K. |last2=Sheppard |first2=Sarah E. |last3=Zackai |first3=Elaine H. |pages=335–346.e1 |isbn=978-0-323-82823-9 }} Most medical conditions can have systemic sequelae, but multiple abnormalities occur when the effects on multiple systems is immediately obvious.

Causes

Abnormalities can have a range of multifactorial causes including; genetic causes, maternal conditions during pregnancy, combination of environment and genetic causes or unknown etiologies.{{cite book |editor1-last=Gomella |editor1-first=Tricia Lacy |editor2-last=Eyal |editor2-first=Fabien G |editor3-last=Bany-Mohammed |editor3-first=Fayez |chapter=Common Multiple Congenital Anomalies: Syndromes, Sequences and Associations |pages=853–863 |chapter-url=https://accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2762§ionid=234453000 |title=Gomella's Neonatology |edition=8th |date=2020 |publisher=McGraw Hill Professional |isbn=978-1-259-64482-5 }}

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