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Prenatal diagnosis of female monozygotic twins discordant for Turner syndrome: implications for prenatal genetic counselling.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Aug 2002
Gilbert B, Yardin C, Briault S, Belin V, Lienhardt A, Aubard Y, Battin J, Servaud M, Philippe H J, Lacombe D
Abstract excerpt
We describe a set of monozygotic (MZ) female twins, one of whom presented with a typical Turner syndrome (TS) phenotype and the other a normal female phenotype. Prenatal fetal ultrasonographic examination showed a monochorial diamniotic pregnancy with a hygroma colli and growth delay in Twin A and no anomalies in Twin B. Karyotypic analysis performed on fetal blood samples demonstrated a 46,XX/45,X (23/2)...
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