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» BBC News: Doctors hail 'mermaid' operation
   Doctors in Peru say they have successfully operated to separate a one-year-old girl's fused legs.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4596501.stm

» Indian Pediatrics
   Infantogram of a baby with Sirenomelia.
   http://www.indianpediatrics.net/feb2004/feb-196.htm

» Peru 'Mermaid' Has Oxygen Therapy, Doing 'Great'
   A Peruvian baby dubbed the "Little Mermaid" because of a rare birth defect in which her legs are fused, is making good progress after initial surgery to prepare her legs for separation, her doctor said on Monday.
   http://www.health-news.org/breaking/203/corrected-peru-mermaid-has-oxygen-therapy-doing-great.html?email=bobrat@gmail.com#addcomments

» Sirenomelia
   Wikipedia article.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirenomelia

» The Fetus Net
   An article by Sandra R Silva, MD and Philippe Jeanty, MD, PhD
   http://www.thefetus.net/page.php?id=440

» The Internet Pathology Laboratory
   Page contains two links to photographs of the condition.
   http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/PRENATAL/PRENATAL.html#4