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In utero diagnosis of trichothiodystrophy by endoscopically-guided fetal eyebrow biopsy.
Fetal diagnosis and therapy - 1 Jan 2000
Quintero R A, Morales W J, Gilbert-Barness E, Claus J, Bornick P W, Allen M H, Ackerman J, Koussef B
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the prenatal diagnosis of trichothiodystrophy (TTD) through endoscopically-guided fetal eyebrow biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A 32-year-old patient, gravida 4, para 3, with a history of 2 previous infants affected with TTD was referred at 17(5)/(7) weeks for fetal hair biopsy. DNA repair studies had been normal in the previous children. Four 1-mm biopsies were obtained from the external...
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