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Detection of a de novo Y278C mutation in FGFR3 in a pregnancy with severe fetal hypochondroplasia: prenatal diagnosis and literature review.
Taiwanese journal of obstetrics & gynecology - 1 Dec 2013
Chen Chih-Ping, Su Yi-Ning, Lin Tzu-Hung, Chang Tung-Yao, Su Jun-Wei, Wang Wayseen
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OBJECTIVE: We describe a prenatal molecular diagnosis of hypochondroplasia (HCH) in a pregnancy not at risk of HCH and review the literature on prenatal diagnosis of HCH. CASE REPORT: A 28-year-old primigravid woman was referred for genetic counseling at 30 weeks of gestation because of short-limbed dwarfism in the fetus. The woman had a body height of 152 cm. Her husband had a body height of 180 cm. Level II...
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