Prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis of rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata by detection of rhizomelic shortening and bilateral cataracts

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-174

  Başbuǧ, Mustafa ^a   Serin, Ibrahim Serdar ^a   Özçelik, Bülent ^a   Güneş, Tamer ^a   Akçakuş, Mustafa ^a   Tayyar, Mehmet ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bilateral fetal cataracts; Chondrodysplasia, prenatal diagnosis; Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata; Ultrasonography in bilateral cataracts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHONDRODYSPLASIA PUNCTATA; CORDOCENTESIS; DEATH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTHROGRAPHY; CATARACT; CHONDRODYSPLASIA PUNCTATA, RHIZOMELIC; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; SHOULDER JOINT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 17844410361     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083899     Document Type: Article

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