PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF WOLF-HIRSCHHORN SYNDROME CONFIRMED BY COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION ARRAY: REPORT OF TWO CASES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Prenatal diagnosis of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome confirmed by comparative genomic hybridization array: report of two cases and review of the literature

Abstract Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a well known genetic condition caused by a partial deletion of the short arm of chromosome 4.The great variability in the extent of the 4p deletion and the possible contribution of additional genetic rearrangements lead to a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations.The majority of the reports of prenatally

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Human procurement of meat from lion (Panthera leo) kills: Costs of disturbance and implications for carnivore conservation.

In Africa, humans and large carnivores compete over access to resources, including prey.Disturbance by humans to kills made by carnivores, often for purposes of obtaining all or portions of the carcass, constitutes a form of human-wildlife conflict.However the occurrence of this practice, known as human kleptoparasitism, and its impact on carnivore

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Development and Validation of the “Keratoconus End-Points Assessment Questionnaire” (KEPAQ), a Disease-Specific Instrument for Evaluating Subjective Emotional Distress and Visual Function Through Rasch Analysis

Kepa Balparda,1,2 Tatiana Herrera-Chalarca,3 Laura Andrea Silva-Quintero,4 Sneider Alexander Torres-Soto,4 Claudia Marcela Vanegas-Ramírez5 1Department of Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Black Mammoth Surgical, Medellín, Colombia; 2Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain; 3Department of Clinical Research, Black Mammoth Surgical, M

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