A trisomy 2 fetus with severe neural tube defects and other abnormalities.

Clin Dysmorphol

Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, The Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Hospitals School of Medicine, King's College London, UK.

Published: January 2004

Examination of an abortus from a 13 week miscarriage revealed a fetus of around 9 weeks developmental age with multiple abnormalities including microcephaly, iniencephaly and encephalocele continuous with cervical and thoracic spina bifida, whose karyotype was subsequently shown to be 47,XY, + 2.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00019605-200401000-00006DOI Listing

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