Diagnosis of true hermaphroditism in a fetus with acampomelic campomelic dysplasia

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 528-530

  Bergeron, Meianie Beaulieu ^a,b   Lemyre, Emmanuelle ^a,b   Rypens, Francoise ^b   Scherer, Gerd ^c   Lemieux, Nicole ^a,b   Fournet, Jean Christophe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal imaging; Fetal ultrasound; FISH; Gonadal mosaicism; Prenatal cytogenetics; Single gene disorders; SOX9; True hermaproditism

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ACAMPOMELIC CAMPOMELIC DYSPLASIA; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; HYPERTELORISM; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; LETTER; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MANDIBLE HYPOPLASIA; MICROGNATHIA; MICROSCOPY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OSSIFICATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; SKELETON MALFORMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRUE HERMAPHRODITISM;

ABORTED FETUS; ADULT; CAMPOMELIC DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM, TRUE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 66849131587     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2187     Document Type: Letter

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