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A new lethal skeletal dysplasia or the severe end of the atelosteogenesis spectrum?

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The case of a 20-week fetus is reported with almost completely deficient ossification of the vertebral bodies and absent ossification of several long bones. This could be a unique skeletal dysplasia or the most severe end of the atelosteogenesis spectrum.

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  1. Regional Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, L69 3BX, Liverpool, UK

    A. E. Fryer

  2. Department of Clinical Genetics, Alder Hey Childrens Hospital, Liverpool, UK

    A. E. Fryer

  3. Department of Radiology, Alder Hey Childrens Hospital, Liverpool, UK

    H. Carty

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Fryer, A.E., Carty, H. A new lethal skeletal dysplasia or the severe end of the atelosteogenesis spectrum?. Pediatr Radiol 26, 678–679 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01356834

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