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Morphological features of a case of retinoic acid embryopathy
L Van Maldergem1, E Jauniaux, Y Gillerot
1Centre de Genetique Humaine, Institut de Morphologie Pathologique de Loverval, Belgium.
Prenatal Diagnosis
|August 1, 1992
Abstract:
A case of retinoic acid embryopathy which was retrospectively diagnosed after delivery is presented. The affected fetus was exposed to the drug during the first month of pregnancy and second-trimester sonographic examination showed hydrocephalus and cardiac malformation. The diagnosis was made on the basis of autopsy findings and genetic enquiry.