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Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of amelia
A Rijhsinghani1, J Yankowitz, J Mazursky
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242-1080, USA.
Prenatal Diagnosis
|July 1, 1995
Amelia is a very rare form of limb reduction defect. The incidence of isolated amelia with or without other limb reductions is 0.4 per 100,000 births. We report a cluster of three cases diagnosed prenatally. One was isolated tri-amelia and two were isolated tetra-amelia.
Amelia is a very rare form of limb reduction defect. The incidence of isolated amelia with or without other limb reductions is 0.4 per 100,000 births. We report a cluster of three cases diagnosed prenatally. One was isolated tri-amelia and two were isolated tetra-amelia.