An infant with thanatophoric dysplasia occurs in approximately 1:6,400 deliveries.' This lethal, sporadically occurring condition is readily diagnosable prenatally with ultrasound.2 The risk of recurrence is negligible since there are no documented cases involving sibs (Judith G. Hall, MD, personal
Prenatal diagnosis of thanatophoric dysplasia in the second trimester: ultrasonography and other diagnostic modalities
β Scribed by Zeki Sahinoglu; Mehmet Uludogan; Ayse Gurbuz; Ates Karateke
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 246 KB
- Volume
- 269
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-9128
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