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Vol. 35 No. 4 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2013.41

Epignathus, hypolastic left heart syndrome, and trisomy 18 in a small for gestational age female twin

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Received: 17 November 2014
Published: 31 August 2013
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Epignathus, SGA, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, trisomia 18

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S. Rugolotto
simone.rugolotto@ospedaleuniverona.it
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Newborn Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy.
A. Bertolini
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Newborn Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy.
I. Cogo
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Newborn Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy.
A. Pietrobelli
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Newborn Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy.
S. Pecori
Department of Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy.
M. Furlani
Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.
E.M. Padovani
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Newborn Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy.
We describe a rare association of hypoplastic left heart syndrome, trismony 18, and epignathus in a 970 g female twin born at 37 weeks of gestational age. She died at 24 hours of age. Neonatologists and obstetricians should be aware of this rare association for a thorough prenatal counselling.

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Epignathus, hypolastic left heart syndrome, and trisomy 18 in a small for gestational age female twin. (2013). La Pediatria Medica E Chirurgica, 35(4). https://doi.org/10.4081/pmc.2013.41

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