Femoral‐facial syndrome–prenatal diagnosis–autosomal dominant inheritance

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Fetal micrognathia and short, bowed femora were found on a routine prenatal ultrasonogram. At birth, a cleft palate and the characteristic facial appearance confirmed the diagnosis of the femoral-facial syndrome. (The femoral-facial syndrome [McKusick 137840] was first delineated by Daentl et al. [1975: J Pediatr 86:197-211] and called the "femoral hypoplasia-unusual facies syndrome." We prefer the...

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