## Abstract We report the sonographic diagnosis of Neu‐Laxova syndrome in a fetus at 27 weeks' menstrual age. The parents were first cousins. Sonography revealed microcephaly, a sloping forehead, exophthalmos, a small thorax and abdomen, hypoplastic lungs, syndactyly, hyperextended knees, polyhydra
Sonographic diagnosis of Neu-Laxova syndrome
✍ Scribed by Dr. A. Metin Gülmezoglu; Eyüp Ekici
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 364 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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