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Birth deformations many children born today are born with something wrong with them. there are many different diseases and deformations that babys can be born with. these include: sickle-cell haemoglobin; A deformation in the haemoglobin producing gene in the blood causes a disease known as sickle-cell anaemia. this makes the structure of the protein that carries oxygen in the human body severely altered. Due to this mutation the structure of the red blood cells is changed into a narrow sickle-shaped appearance. Cerrebal palsy; resulting from brain damage at around the time of birth. Between 0.1% and 0.2% of children have some form of cerebral palsy; up to 1% of premature or small babies are affected by this in some way.The specific cause of most cases of cerebral palsy is unknown. Damage to the brain could occur before, during, or shortly after birth. Prenatal causes include maternal infection (especially German measles), radiation, and maternal diabetes....

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