We describe a patient with recurrent non-immune hydrops fetalis diagnosed as mucopolysaccharidosis type VII. This rare autosomal recessive disorder is caused by a beta-glucuronidase deficiency. Chorionic villus sampling was performed in the 11th week of the subsequent pregnancy and beta-glucuronidas
Prenatal diagnosis of molybdenum cofactor deficiency by assay of sulphite oxidase activity in chorionic villus samples
โ Scribed by J. L. Johnson; K. V. Rajagopalan; J. T. Lanman; R. B. H. Schutgens; A. H. van Gennip; P. Sorensen; D. A. Applegarth
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 525 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0141-8955
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