Ocular coloboma and foetal valproate syndrome: four further cases and a hypothesis for aetiology.

Clin Dysmorphol

Medical School, University of Manchester Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, Central Manchester University Hospitals, Manchester Mersey Regional Genetic Service, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Liverpool Clinical Genetic Service, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, Harrow, UK.

Published: April 2014

We read with interest the case report from Shah et al. (2014) hypothesising that coloboma may be a feature of the Fetal Valproate Syndrome (FVS) . We have observed four further individuals who presented with ocular coloboma following exposure to sodium valproate (VPA) in utero and believe that this is a true association.

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