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Recurrent Tetra‐Amelia: Ultrasonographic Diagnosis in Early Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Miyakawa Isao,
Yasuda Hiroshi,
Yanagita Kenichi,
Yamaguchi Masatoshi,
Mori Norimasa
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1988.tb00092.x
Subject(s) - pregnancy , tetra , medicine , fetus , ultrasonography , obstetrics , radiology , biology , genetics , paleontology
A woman who had previously given birth to a child with tetra‐amelia was sonographically diagnosed to have again conceived a fetus with the same anomaly. Although recurrent tetra‐amelia is extremely rare, ultrasonographic imaging proved to be very useful in detecting this limb reduction defect in early pregnancy.