Prenatal diagnosis of osteogenesis imperfecta type II by real-time ultrasound.
By comparing fetal femur length to biparietal diameter a fetus at risk for osteogenesis imperfecta type II was diagnosed in the early second trimester of pregnancy. Real-time ultrasound is a reliable non-invasive technique for the prenatal diagnosis of fetal dwarfism syndromes.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography