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Transvaginal ultrasound at 12 weeks' gestation successfully diagnosed achondrogenesis type II by identifying severe generalized subcutaneous edema and abnormal limb development.
Transvaginal ultrasound can diagnose achondrogenesis type 2 as early as 12 weeks' gestation.
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May enable earlier detection in select cases; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Soothill et al. (1993) studied this question. Transvaginal ultrasound at 12 weeks' gestation successfully diagnosed achondrogenesis type II by identifying severe generalized subcutaneous edema and abnormal limb development.
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