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Iceheart
Undertaker / Pink Star Lover
 
Australia
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 Posted - 08 September 2004 : 1:29:13 PM
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A baby with something called "Harlequin Foetus Syndrome", a genetic skin disease where the skin is extremely tight and cracks where bent. It is almost always fatal and extremely rare.
Genetically, what goes wrong to produce this?
Is there any way to tell if your foetus has it before its born?
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Heaven bent to take my hand, and lead me thru the fire.
Be the long awaited answer, to a long and painful fight.
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UnknownLoser
Poltergeist
 
USA
306 Posts |
Posted - 29 September 2004 : 02:22:08 AM
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Oww...Did that baby survive? =(
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B5160-8
Lost Soul
 
USA
48 Posts |
Posted - 06 November 2004 : 06:17:46 AM
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You can probably get a genetic screening to see if your heterozygous for "Harlequin Foetus Syndrome". It's a recessive trait so both parents need a copy of the gene. Even then theres only a 25% chance your kid will be homozygous for "Harlequin Foetus Syndrome". What race or gene pool does the mutation occur?
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B5160-8
Lost Soul
USA
48 Posts |
Posted - 10 November 2004 : 11:29:15 PM
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Iceheart, shouldn't this go in the Freaks Forum?
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shy
Crypt Keeper
 
Australia
2014 Posts |
Posted - 22 August 2005 : 9:30:46 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by UnknownLoser
Oww...Did that baby survive? =(
Lets hope not... for its sake 
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Carter3466
Corpse
Austria
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paulmelba
Corpse
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UnknownLoser
Poltergeist
USA
306 Posts |
Posted - 05 July 2007 : 12:14:07 PM
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There are four kids living with this disease in the U.K., I saw a show on the discovery channel about it.
They all have thinned out hair, and are extreamly red-looking.
xP
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Ghost
 
USA
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Posted - 19 July 2007 : 09:49:15 AM
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UnknownLoser
Poltergeist
USA
306 Posts |
Posted - 08 August 2007 : 11:04:59 AM
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Worst part, their parents knew their next kid would have it. And still decided to have children, knowing they would suffer.
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Ghost
USA
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Posted - 10 August 2007 : 11:41:20 PM
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| Yeah, lets hope none of the children have children. |
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Harlequin Foetus Syndrome
