Clinical variability of Larsen syndrome: diagnosis in a father after sonographic detection of a severely affected fetus

  • Clin Genet. 2000 Feb;57(2):148-50. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2000.570210.x.
R Becker  1 R D Wegner J Kunze S Runkel M Vogel M Entezami
Affiliations
  • 1. Free University of Berlin, Klinikum Benjamin Franklin, Germany.
Abstract

Larsen syndrome shows a broad spectrum of clinical manifestation ranging from a lethal form of the disorder to a mild clinical expression with absence of major diagnostic features. Here we show that even intrafamilial manifestation may vary extremely to the point that Larsen syndrome in a father has been diagnosed only by typical sonographic features in an affected fetus.