Years ago a book of mine was published on the teratology of the central nervous system (Kalter 1968). Its subject, as its subtitle indicates, was congenital malformations of this core of existence, in laboratory, domestic, and other animals. Now, many years later, I return to this subject, but this time to consider the problem as it relates to human beings.
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Kalter, H. (2009). Introduction: Basic Stuff. In: Mortality and Maldevelopment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9606-8_1
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