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Lethal osteogenesis imperfecta-like condition with cutis laxa and arterial tortuosity in MZ twins due to a homozygous fibulin-4 mutation.
Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society - 1 Jan 2000
Erickson Lance K, Opitz John M, Zhou Holly
Abstract excerpt
This case report involved male infants of a size consistent with the estimated gestational age of 31 weeks. The mother of the twins was a 27-year-old, G4P3 woman with limited prenatal care who presented for cesarean delivery. Resuscitation efforts were initiated and continued until the infants became asystolic. Postmortem radiographs showed innumerable fractures of the limbs, ribs, and skull in various states of...
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