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Increased first-trimester nuchal translucency associated with thanatophoric dysplasia type 1.
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - 1 Jan 2015
Zhen L, Pan M, Han J, Yang X, Liao C, Li D Z
Abstract excerpt
Thanatophoric dysplasia (TD) is the most frequent form of lethal skeletal dysplasia. Prenatal diagnosis is commonly accomplished in the second-trimester scan, but occasionally TD is found to be associated with increased nuchal translucency (NT) at first-trimester screening for aneuploidies. TD may not be clearly distinguished from the other skeletal dysplasias. A definite diagnosis can be established by molecular...
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