A Case of Diprosopus: Perinatal Counseling and Management

Diprosopus is a rare congenital malformation associated with high mortality. Here, we describe a patient with diprosopus, multiple life-threatening anomalies, and genetic mutations. Prenatal diagnosis and counseling made a beneficial impact on the family and medical providers in the care of this cas...

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Autores principales: Thornton, Kimberly M., Bennett, Timothy, Singh, Vivekanand, Mardis, Neil, Linebarger, Jennifer, Kilbride, Howard, Voos, Kristin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4164124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25254133
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/279815
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author Thornton, Kimberly M.
Bennett, Timothy
Singh, Vivekanand
Mardis, Neil
Linebarger, Jennifer
Kilbride, Howard
Voos, Kristin
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description Diprosopus is a rare congenital malformation associated with high mortality. Here, we describe a patient with diprosopus, multiple life-threatening anomalies, and genetic mutations. Prenatal diagnosis and counseling made a beneficial impact on the family and medical providers in the care of this case.
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spelling pubmed-41641242014-09-24 A Case of Diprosopus: Perinatal Counseling and Management Thornton, Kimberly M. Bennett, Timothy Singh, Vivekanand Mardis, Neil Linebarger, Jennifer Kilbride, Howard Voos, Kristin Case Rep Pediatr Case Report Diprosopus is a rare congenital malformation associated with high mortality. Here, we describe a patient with diprosopus, multiple life-threatening anomalies, and genetic mutations. Prenatal diagnosis and counseling made a beneficial impact on the family and medical providers in the care of this case. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4164124/ /pubmed/25254133 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/279815 Text en Copyright © 2014 Kimberly M. Thornton et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Linebarger, Jennifer
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A Case of Diprosopus: Perinatal Counseling and Management
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