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. 2013 Apr 12;11:73–78. doi: 10.1007/8904_2013_224

Table 1.

Summary of signs and symptoms of perinatal hypophosphatasia clinical cases

Point number In utero signs? Age at onset of HPP symptoms Muscular hypotonia at presentation Respiratory distress at presentation Respiratory support Seizures First radiologic valuation Age at death (days)
1 No 2 weeks Yes No Unknown Yes, Day 1 Date N/A, metaphyseal flaring 36
2 Yes; severe micromelia and undermineralized skull At birth No Yes No No N/A 30 min
3 Yes; fetal U/S, 29 wk GA, severe micromelia, undermineralized skull At birth No Yes No No N/A 10
4 Yes; fetal U/S 36 wk GA, micromelia, undermineralized skull, femoral fracture At birth No Yes Yes; at birth, intubated and ventilated No Day 1, osteopenia 1
5 Yes; fetal U/S, 25 wk GA, micromelia with bowing, bilateral forearm fractures At birth No No No Yes, Day 36 Day 3, osteopenia; bilateral femoral bowing; left radial, left ulnar, and bilateral humeral fractures 263
6 Yes; fetal U/S, 21 wk GA, micromelia with bowing, demineralized skull At birth No No No No Prenatal X-ray (10 days before birth), osteopenia, thin gracile ribs, deformities of all long bones 3 h
7 Yes; fetal ultrasound, GA N/A, micromelia, demineralized skull At birth No n.a. n.a. No Day 1, report N/A Stillborn
8 No At birth No No No Yes, Day 1 Day 41, report N/A 281
9 Yes; report N/A At birth No Yes Yes; at Birth, intubated and ventilated No Day 2, osteopenia, marked metaphyseal irregularity of all tubular bones 1
10 No At birth Yes Yes Yes; at birth, supplemental oxygen Yes, Day 1 Day 2, metaphyseal flaring 125
11 No At birth No Yes Yes; at birth, intubated and ventilated No Date N/A, metaphyseal flaring, rachitic chest 5
12 Yes; fetal X-ray, GA N/A, undermineralized bones At birth No Yes Yes; at birth, supplemental oxygen No Day 2, osteopenia, metaphyseal flaring <1 h
13 Yes; fetal U/S, GA N/A, report N/A At birth No n.a. n.a. No Date N/A, absence of some bones Stillborn
14 No At birth No Yes Yes; at birth, intubated and ventilated No Day 1, osteopenia, no ossification of forearm bones, deficient upper thoracic and cervical vertebrae <1 day
15 No At birth No No Unknown No Date N/A, osteopenia, recent fracture 11

U/S ultrasound, wk weeks, GA gestational age, N/A not available, n.a. not applicable