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Bilateral absence of adrenal glands: a case series that expands the spectrum of associations and highlights the difficulties in prenatal diagnosis.
Fetal and pediatric pathology - 1 Jan 2011
Sethuraman Chitralekha, Parker Michael J, Quarrel Oliver, Rutter Susan, de Krijger Ronald R, Drut Ricardo, Cohen Marta C
Abstract excerpt
Adrenal agenesis (AA) defined by the complete absence of development of adrenals is a rare anomaly, which is documented mainly in experimental animals and less frequently in human subjects in the literature. This study was aimed at describing the varied phenotype of this condition in two stillborn and one termination of pregnancy fetuses and two neonates, the associated abnormalities and the difficulties...
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