Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia Syndrome: Implications for Prenatal Diagnosis

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Cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH) is a rare autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia characterized by short stature, sparse hair, and a variable degree of immunodeficiency. We describe here the prenatal diagnosis of CHH in a woman who was previously delivered of a similarly affected infant. In addition, we review the prenatal diagnostic implications of the localization, by linkage analysis, of the gene responsible...

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