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Isolated SVM had a very poor perinatal outcome with neurological and physical disability in the overwhelming majority. Only one case of the 17 (6%) diagnosed initially with 'apparently' isolated SVM was born alive without handicap. Information from our series may aid couples in decision making about pregnancy interruption and the difficult decision of prenatal or intrapartum cephalocentesis.
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