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We would like to thank Dr. Botto et al. for their response to my Letter to the Editor [Froster, 1996].
I did not intend to imply that Botto et al. [1996] misclassified limb deficiencies. My intention was simply to point out that there are differences in the classification of limb defects.
It is commonly agreed that earlier performance of chorionic villus sampling (CVS) (6-8 weeks of gestational age) raises different questions than will procedures that are undertaken later in pregnancy (9/10-12 weeks of gestational age). We would suggest continuing the discussion of these issues in a paper in preparation where the information on these questions is extended (Froster and Jackson, in preparation). One of our reservations in this discussion is that it appears too simple to say that CVS is in itself responsible for possible damage in early pregnancy, when or more importance may well be the manner in which the procedure is done.
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We would like to thank Joenje et al. for their comments on our report of a child confidently diagnosed as having Baller-Gerold syndrome. In reporting this case we wished to give further support for the idea that if Baller-Gerold syndrome is a distinct entity it should be diagnosed on the basis of th
The comments of Frost are quite appropriate relative to our case report. The in utero fractures were apparently of different ages and were healing in a reasonable fashion. The fact that no fractures occurred during delivery or the few months that the infant survived speaks again of an intrinsic defe