Femoral-facial syndrome: Prenatal diagnosis and clinical features. Report of three cases

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2029-2033

  Nowaczyk, M J M ^a,b   Huggins, M J ^b   Fleming, A ^b   Mohide, P T ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Femoral hypoplasiaunusual facies syndrome; Femoral facial syndrome; Maternal diabetes; Nuchal translucency; Proximal femoral deficiency; Sonographic prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACIES; FEMALE; FEMOROFACIAL SYNDROME; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 77955297114     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33543     Document Type: Article

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