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Numerous agents including irradiation, anoxia, ischemia, mechanical or thermal injury, bacterial toxins, viral infection, chemicals and hormones have been postulated as a cause. However, only the drug thalidomide has been showed to be a definitive cause when it is taken by the mother between weeks 4 and 6 following conception.
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