Achondroplasia in the Premature Infant: An Elusive Diagnosis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Abstract Achondroplasia is a difficult prenatal diagnosis to make before the late second and third trimester. We describe two cases where an infant was born prematurely with no overt signs of achondroplasia. Despite multiple chest and abdominal radiographs during the neonatal course, the diagnosis w...

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Main Authors: Kimberly E. Fagen, Anna R. Blask, Eva I. Rubio, Dorothy I. Bulas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2017-01-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1592188