Prenatal diagnosis of harlequin ichthyosis by the examination of keratinized hair canals and amniotic fluid cells at 19 weeks' estimated gestational age

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-171

  Akiyama, Masashi ^a   Suzumori, Kaoru ^b   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^c  

^a KITASATO INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Electron microscopy; Fetal skin biopsy; Hair canal; Lamellar granule

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET;

ABORTION; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; DYSKERATOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR CELL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ICHTHYOSIS; LAMELLAR BODY; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0032992804     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199902)19:2<167::AID-PD477>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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