Prenatal diagnosis of dwarfism by ultrasound screening.
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In a general, ultrasound screening programme, 12 453 women were examined at 16 and 32 weeks of pregnancy. The screening detected all limb deformities in the population during the study period. The seeming prevalence of dwarfism in the population was 750 per million.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 60 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985