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[2] Bird, T, Robbins, J, Druschel, C, Cleves, M, Yang, S, & Hobbs, C 2009, ‘Demographic and environmental risk factors for gastroschisis and omphalocele in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study’, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 1546-1551.
[3] Blazer, S, Zimmer, E, Gover, A, & Bronshtein, M 2004, ‘Fetal Omphalocele Detected Early in Pregnancy: Associated Anomalies and Outcomes’, Radiology, vol. 232,no. 1, pp. 191-195.
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[5] Edwards, E, Broome, S, Green, S, Douglas, C, McCall, E, Nuthall, G, & Nixon, G 2008, ‘Long-term respiratory support in children with giant omphalocele’, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 94-98.
[6] Frolov, P, Alali, J, & Klein, M 2010, ‘Clinical risk factors for gastroschisis and omphalocele in humans: a review of the literature’, Pediatric Surgery International, vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 1135-1148.
[7] ‘Genetics and Umbilical Hernia; Researchers from Children's Hospital Discuss Findings in Genetics and Umbilical Hernia’ 2011, Pediatrics Week, 2 May, p. 301.
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[11] Ledbetter, D 2012, ‘Congenital Abdominal Wall Defects and Reconstruction in Pediatric Surgery’, Surgical Clinic of North America, vol. 92, no. 3, p. 713.
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[14] Snell, RS 1975, Clinical embryology for medical students, 2nd edn, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA.
Image on introduction page found at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/Omphalocele-graphic.html
[2] Bird, T, Robbins, J, Druschel, C, Cleves, M, Yang, S, & Hobbs, C 2009, ‘Demographic and environmental risk factors for gastroschisis and omphalocele in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study’, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 1546-1551.
[3] Blazer, S, Zimmer, E, Gover, A, & Bronshtein, M 2004, ‘Fetal Omphalocele Detected Early in Pregnancy: Associated Anomalies and Outcomes’, Radiology, vol. 232,no. 1, pp. 191-195.
[4] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011, Facts about omphalocele, CDC, viewed 2 June 2013, http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/omphalocele.html
[5] Edwards, E, Broome, S, Green, S, Douglas, C, McCall, E, Nuthall, G, & Nixon, G 2008, ‘Long-term respiratory support in children with giant omphalocele’, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 94-98.
[6] Frolov, P, Alali, J, & Klein, M 2010, ‘Clinical risk factors for gastroschisis and omphalocele in humans: a review of the literature’, Pediatric Surgery International, vol. 26, no. 12, pp. 1135-1148.
[7] ‘Genetics and Umbilical Hernia; Researchers from Children's Hospital Discuss Findings in Genetics and Umbilical Hernia’ 2011, Pediatrics Week, 2 May, p. 301.
[8] Islam, S 2012, ‘Advances in Surgery for Abdominal Wall Defects’, Clinics in Perinatology, vol. 39, no. 2, p. 375.
[9] Langman, J 1969, Medical embryology, 2nd edn, The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, MD.
[10] Larson, WJ 1998, Essentials of human embryology, Churchill Livingstone, New York, NY.
[11] Ledbetter, D 2012, ‘Congenital Abdominal Wall Defects and Reconstruction in Pediatric Surgery’, Surgical Clinic of North America, vol. 92, no. 3, p. 713.
[12] Moore, KL 1973, The developing human – clinically orientated embryology, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA.
[13] Moore, KL 1988, The developing human – clinically oriented embryology, 4th edn, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA.
[14] Snell, RS 1975, Clinical embryology for medical students, 2nd edn, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA.
Image on introduction page found at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/birthdefects/Omphalocele-graphic.html