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A Rare Cause of Fetal Ascites: A Case Report of Günther’s Disease

A Rare Cause of Fetal Ascites: A Case Report of Günther’s Disease

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A Rare Cause of Fetal Ascites: A Case Report of Günther’s Disease

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Full title

A Rare Cause of Fetal Ascites: A Case Report of Günther’s Disease

Publisher

Basel, Switzerland: Karger

Journal title

Fetal diagnosis and therapy, 1999-09, Vol.14 (5), p.257-261

Language

English

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Publisher

Basel, Switzerland: Karger

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Contents

Despite an arsenal of ever-improving diagnostic tools, determining the precise etiology of fetal ascites is not always possible. We report a case history where moderately-severe fetal ascites was retrospectively determined to be due to Günther’s disease (congenital erythropoietic porphyria). The infant was found to carry the mutation associated wit...

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Full title

A Rare Cause of Fetal Ascites: A Case Report of Günther’s Disease

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TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_10529564

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_10529564

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ISSN

1015-3837

E-ISSN

1421-9964

DOI

10.1159/000020933

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