A NEW LETHAL SKELETAL DYSPLASIA OR THE SEVERE END OF THE ATELOSTEOGENESIS SPECTRUM

Authors
Citation
Ae. Fryer et H. Carty, A NEW LETHAL SKELETAL DYSPLASIA OR THE SEVERE END OF THE ATELOSTEOGENESIS SPECTRUM, Pediatric radiology, 26(9), 1996, pp. 678-679
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Pediatrics
Journal title
ISSN journal
03010449
Volume
26
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
678 - 679
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0449(1996)26:9<678:ANLSDO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The case of a 20-week fetus is reported with almost completely deficie nt ossification of the vertebral bodies and absent ossification of sev eral long bones. This could be a unique skeletal dysplasia or the most severe end of the atelosteogenesis spectrum.