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LANGER MESOMELIC DWARFISM: ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF TWO CASES IN EARLY MID-TRIMESTER

✍ Scribed by PHILIPPE ROTH; GERMAIN AGNANI; FRANCINE ARBEZ-GINDRE; ROBERT MAILLET; CLAUDE COLETTE

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 926 KB
Volume: 16
Category: Article
ISSN: 0197-3851
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199603)16:3<247::aid-pd835>3.0.co;2-5

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✦ Synopsis

This is a report on two cases of mesomelic dysplasia Langer type. This is a rare kind of dwarfism which combines severe dwarfism with predominant shortening of the forearms and lower legs and other morphological abnormalities. The diagnosis can be made by ultrasonography in the early second trimester of the pregnancy.