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Prenatal diagnosis and postnatal outcome of severe tetra-phocomelia associated with Pierre Robin sequence in a low-resource setting: a case report from Burkina Faso

2026-05-07

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>Background:</bold> Severe limb reduction defects are rare congenital malformations that remain poorly documented in sub-Saharan Africa. Tetra-phocomelia is one of the most severe forms and may be associated with syndromic conditions. The combination of tetra-phocomelia and Pierre Robin sequence has been described in only a handful of cases worldwide and never previously reporte...

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Literature Corpus work: 050abea4-c490-5eb2-98bd-51dd17809a93
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9142156/v1

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