Prenatal diagnosis of Meckel syndrome.
Prenatal diagnosis of the Meckel syndrome was made at 15 weeks of gestation after the birth of a previous child with the same autosomal recessively inherited syndrome. This report emphasises the importance for Genetic counseling of delineating the Meckel syndrome from the multifactorial cases of neural tube defects and also illustrates the possibility of antenatal diagnosis.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D006801:Humans; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000235:genetics; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome