A case of congenital familial short femur diagnosed prenatally

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 206-208

  Makino, Yasuo ^a   Inoue, Toshio ^a   Shirota, Kyoko ^a   Kubota, Syuhei ^a   Kobayashi, Hideki ^a   Kawarabayashi, Tatsuhiko ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital short femur; Familial; Fetus; Pregnancy; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR MALFORMATION; FETUS; HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMUR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0031792217     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020839     Document Type: Article

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