A Diagnostic Challenge: Prenatal Ultrasound Findings in Severe Epidermolysis Bullosa

Ultraschall Med 2018; 39(06): 600-601
DOI: 10.1055/a-0720-8983

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Eine diagnostische Herausforderung: schwere Verlaufsform der Epidermolysis Bullosa im pränatalen Ultraschall

Authors

Julie De Geyter

¹Medical Genetics, Institute of Medical Genetics and Pathology, University-Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

²University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Isabel Filges

¹Medical Genetics, Institute of Medical Genetics and Pathology, University-Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

²University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

³Department of Clinical Research, University-Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Sevgi Tercanli

⁴Ultraschallpraxis Freie Strasse, Basel, Switzerland

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