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Recurrent Dandy-Walker malformation.

R Obwegeser·J Deutinger·G Bernaschek
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This is a report of a 18 year-old woman with two consecutive fetuses suffering from a Dandy-Walker malformation (DWM). The first diagnosis of Dandy-Walker syndrome was at 24 weeks gestation. According to the parent's request, this pregnancy was terminated. Seven months after that event a new case of Dandy-walker malformation was diagnosed in the same woman. She was at 21 weeks of gestation.

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Abortion, EugenicAdolescentDandy-Walker SyndromeFemaleHumansMalePregnancyPregnancy Trimester, SecondRecurrenceRisk FactorsUltrasonography, PrenatalCase ReportsJournal Article

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R Obwegeser, J Deutinger, G Bernaschek. 1994. Recurrent Dandy-Walker malformation.. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02390945

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