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Thanatophoric dysplasia. Correlation among bone X-ray morphometry, histopathology, and gene analysis.
Skeletal radiology - 1 Sept 2014
Pazzaglia Ugo E, Donzelli Carla M, Izzi Claudia, Baldi Maurizia, Di Gaetano Giuseppe, Bondioni MariaPia
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OBJECTIVE: Documentation through X-ray morphometry and histology of the steady phenotype expressed by FGFR3 gene mutation and interpolation of mechanical factors on spine and long bones dysmorphism. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Long bones and spine of eight thanatophoric dysplasia and three age-matched controls without skeletal dysplasia were studied after pregnancy termination between the 18th and the 22nd week with...
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