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Radiological clues to the early diagnosis of hypochondroplasia in the neonatal period: report of two patients.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Mar 2012
Saito Tomoko, Nagasaki Keisuke, Nishimura Gen, Takagi Masaki, Hasegawa Tomonobu, Uchiyama Makoto
Abstract excerpt
Hypochondroplasia (HCH) is the mildest phenotype among fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3)-associated skeletal dysplasias. Affected individuals usually presents with mild short stature in preschool age. It was uncommon that a diagnosis of HCH is made in young affected children. Recently, however, prenatal ultrasound (US) has increased likelihood of detecting in utero mild short limbs. There have been a...
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