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Micrognathia—prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis
Author(s) -
Shalev Eliezer,
Weiner Ehud,
Feldman Ester,
Cohen Hana,
Zuckerman Henryk
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(83)90027-9
Subject(s) - medicine , prenatal diagnosis , fetus , gestation , obstetrics , second trimester , pregnancy , radiology , pediatrics , genetics , biology
The first case of prenatal real‐time ultrasonographic diagnosis of micrognathia is presented. Diagnosis was made at 17 weeks' gestation in the fetus of a patient with previous infant affected with the syndrome of thrombocytopenia with absent radii (TAR). Recognition of micrognathia as a part of TAR syndrome and the easy visualization of fetal facial bones in the second trimester made diagnosis possible.

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