Case report: A prenatal case of Jarcho-Levin syndrome diagnosed during the first trimester of pregnancy

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-165

  Kauffmann, Edouard ^a   Roman, Horatiu ^a,b   Barau, Georges ^a   Dumas, Hervé ^a   Laffitte, Annick ^a   Fourmaintraux, Alain ^a   Bintner, Marc ^a   Randrianaivo, Hanitra ^a  

^a Groupe Hospitalier Sud Reunion   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

Increased fetal nuchal translucency thickness; Jarcho Levin syndrome; Spina bifida; Spondylocostal dysostosis; Spondylothoracic dysostosis

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JARCHO LEVIN SYNDROME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; NECK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RIBS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037329727     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.549     Document Type: Article

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