Extremely Low Birthweight Infant with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome: A Dilemma in Determination of the Optimal Timing of Delivery

Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is characterized by multiple malformations as well as mental and developmental defects resulting from the absence of a distal segment of the short arm of chromosome 4. We experienced an extremely low birthweight infant with WHS. The male infant (birthweight 934 g) was...

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Main Authors: Shigeo Iijima M.D., Takehiko Ohzeki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S760