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Hydrops fetalis in three male fetuses of a female with incontinentia pigmenti.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Dec 2001
Dufke A, Vollmer B, Kendziorra H, Mackensen-Haen S, Orth U, Orlikowsky T, Gal A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Careful investigation of hydrops fetalis (HF) is important with regard to genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis. HF is known to be associated with various genetic disorders. To date there has been only one report of a male fetus in whom incontinentia pigmenti (IP) was associated with generalised oedema. We describe a family who had a girl with clinical signs of IP after three consecutive...
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