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. 2022 Dec 31;55(4):399–405. doi: 10.5115/acb.22.062

Table 2.

A cross-evaluation of the number of remains that demonstrated overlap among the different malformations observed

Congenital defects Overlap frequency among congenital defects in the spine
SCF (n=25) LZ (n=3) SZ (n= 28) NTD (n=18) SP (n=6) MT (n=17) HT (n=12) TLTV (n=63)
SCF 14 0 1 1 0 3 0 10
LZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
SZ 1 0 3 5 0 3 4 17
NTD 1 0 5 0 1 4 0 16
SP 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
MT 3 0 3 4 0 4 0 13
HT 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 12
TLTV 10 3 17 16 6 13 12 0

SCF, sacrococcygeal fusion; LZ, lumbarization; SZ, sacralization; NTD, neural tube defect; SP, spondylolysis; MT, meristic transformation; HT, homeotic transformation; TLTV, thoracolumbar transitional vertebra.