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Children's Hospital, Department of Obstetrics reports research in life sciences

Published in Hospital Business Week, April 26th, 2009

A report, 'Prenatal diagnosis of Holt-Oram syndrome: role of 3-D ultrasonography,' is newly published data in Congenital Anomalies. "Holt-Oram syndrome (HOS) is an autosomal dominant disorder consisting of a congenital heart defect in combination with upper limb abnormalities. This report presents the ultrasonographic follow-up of a fetus at risk for this syndrome," researchers in Nagano, Japan report.

"An abnormal four-chamber view of the heart and slight shortening of the forearm were found by prenatal ultrasound performed at 16 weeks of gestation. At 25 weeks of gestation, detailed sonographic examination clearly revealed abnormalities in the upper limbs and...

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