Perinatal findings of Seckel syndrome: A case report of a fetus showing primordial dwarfism and severe microcephaly

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-408

  Takikawa, Keiko Miyachi ^a   Kikuchi, Akihiko ^a   Yokoyama, Akiko ^a   Ono, Kyoko ^a   Iwasawa, Yuki ^a   Sunagawa, Sorahiro ^a   Takagi, Kimiyo ^a   Kawame, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Tomohiko ^a  

^a NAGANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intrauterine growth restriction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microcephaly; Seckel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DWARFISM; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECKEL SYNDROME; SUBICULUM; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DWARFISM; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 55149098736     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000167269     Document Type: Article

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