Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of hypochondroplasia in a high-risk fetus

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 226-229

  Huggins, Marlene J ^a   Mernagh, John R ^a   Steele, Leslie ^b   Smith, John R ^a   Nowaczyk, Małgorzata J M ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achondroplasia; FGFR3; Hypochondroplasia; Prenatal diagnosis; Skeletal dysplasia

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; BONE GROWTH; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS RISK; GENE MUTATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDROPLASIA; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETAL DISEASES; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; POINT MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 3; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033607462     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19991126)87:3<226::AID-AJMG6>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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