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Prenatal ultrasound findings observed in the Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome: data from the registry of congenital malformations in Auvergne.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Dec 2013
Debost-Legrand Anne, Goumy Carole, Laurichesse-Delmas Hélène, Déchelotte Pierre, Beaufrère Anne-Marie, Lémery Didier, Francannet Christine, Gallot Denis
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is associated with facial dysmorphism including high forehead, high nasal bridge, hypertelorism and severe mental retardation. WHS results from a 4p16.3 deletion. Only a small number of reports have been made on the prenatal ultrasound findings observed in WHS. CASES: Here we report our experience on 10 cases of WHS ascertained prenatally between 1983 and 2009 through...
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