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Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of amelia
Author(s) -
Rijhsinghani A.,
Yankowitz J.,
Mazursky Jon,
Williamson R.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.1970150711
Subject(s) - ectromelia , medicine , prenatal diagnosis , incidence (geometry) , ultrasound , lower limb , anatomy , pregnancy , surgery , radiology , fetus , biology , genetics , mathematics , virus , virology , geometry
Amelia is a very rare form of limb reduction defect. The incidence of isolated amelia with or without other limb reductions is 0.4 per 100 000 births. We report a cluster of three cases diagnosed prenatally. One was isolated tri‐amelia and two were isolated tetra‐amelia.
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