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The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics - Extra Materials - Springer

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296 Linda Marie Randolph<br />

Fig. 6. Detection <strong>of</strong> nasal bone abnormalities with ultrasound. (A) A normal nasal bone is shown by arrows<br />

in a 27-week-gestation fetus; (B) a hypoplastic nasal bone is shown in a fetus at 32 weeks gestation. This fetus<br />

also has a thickened nuchal fold and the mother had a positive triple marker screen but refused amniocentesis.<br />

(Courtesy <strong>of</strong> David A. Miller, M.D.)<br />

<strong>The</strong> nasal bone was absent in 66.9% <strong>of</strong> fetuses with trisomy 21. In trisomy 18 fetuses, it was<br />

absent in 57.1%, and with trisomy 13, it was absent in 31.8%. In Turner syndrome and in other<br />

chromosome abnormalities, the rate was 8.3–8.8%.

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