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What is the reason for deformities in children?

Dr IC Verma
Sr. Consultant and Head, Department of Medical Genetics,
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital,
New Delhi

Q: What is the reason behind children being born with physical deformities and with mental deficiency/problem?

A:These are very general questions. For both there are many causes, ranging from genetic factors ( many disorders) to environmental factors like rubella infection in the mother which gets transmitted to the foetus.