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Prenatal diagnosis of cervical spinal cord compression in chondrodysplasia punctata brachytelephalangic type: A case report and literature review.
Congenital anomalies - 1 Dec 2013
Ochiai Daigo, Takamura Kyoko, Nishimura Gen, Ikeda Toshiyuki, Yakubo Kazumi, Fukuiya Tatsuro
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Chondrodysplasia punctata brachytelephalangic type is a common subset of a heterogeneous group of chondrodysplasia punctata. Most affected children generally do not have significant physical disabilities; however, a small number of patients are at risk of cervical canal stenosis with cervical cord compression leading to serious morbidity and early mortality. Very little is known about the in utero manifestation...
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