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Apert syndrome: A case report of prenatal ultrasound, postmortem cranial CT, and molecular genetic analysis.
Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU - 1 Mar 2021
Zhang Weixia, Xue Hongyuan, Huang Dai, Ye Yuquan, Chen Xiao
Abstract excerpt
Apert syndrome is characterized by craniosynostosis, mid-facial hypoplasia, and symmetric syndactyly. Prenatal diagnosis is challenging until the skull and facial anomalies become more pronounced during the third trimester. We present a case in which typical sonographic signs of Apert syndrome were observed after 23 weeks of gestation. Following termination of the pregnancy, both clinical features such as...
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