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Histological investigation of the palatine bone in prenatal trisomy 21.
The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association - 1 Sept 2001
Lauridsen H, Fischer Hansen B, Reintoft I, Keeling J W, Kjaer I
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the horizontal part of the palatine bone in palates from human fetuses with trisomy 21 to improve the phenotypic classification of the genotypic anomaly. METHODS: Material from 23 human trisomy 21 fetuses was included in the study. The crown rump lengths of the fetuses ranged from 80 mm to 190 mm, corresponding to about 12 to 21 weeks of gestational...
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