Thanatophoric Dysplasia

This course was jointly developed by The Institute for Advanced Medical Education (IAME) and TheFetus.net

These activities have been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the Institute for Advanced Medical Education and TheFetus.net. The Institute for Advanced Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Institute for Advanced Medical Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


The American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) accepts AMA Category 1 credits.

Faculty: Francesco Contarin, MD; Fernando Heredia, MD; Philippe Jeanty, MD, PhD; Srini Malini, MD; Julio Navarro, MD; Cheryl D. Norris, RDMS, BS; Sandra R. Silva, MD; Alberto Sosa Olavarria, MD, PhD; George Tiller, MD; Mayra León, MD; Víctor Quiroz, MD; Carlos Henríquez, MD; Ana M. Bircher, MD; Ghada Mahmoud Mansour, MD; Luc Gourand, MD; Bettina Bessières, MD; Luiz Eduardo Machado, MD; Luís Flávio Gonçalves, MD; Juan Carlos Quintero, MD; Yolimar Martinez MD; S. Manohar MD; Carlos Sanchez, MD; Meyer Serrano, MD; and Alberto Hernandez, MD.

Course: Thanatophoric Dysplasia

Target Audience: Physicians, sonographers and others who perform and/or interpret OB ultrasound.

System requirements: In order to complete this program you must have a computer with a recent version of Internet Explorer or Netscape, and a printer, which is configured to print from the browser.

Estimated Time for Completion of tutorial: approximately 2 hours
Date of Release:
June 1, 2001
Date of Last Review:
October 1, 2005
Expiration Date:
October 1, 2010

Disclosure: In compliance with the Essentials and Standards of the ACCME, the author of this CME tutorial is required to disclose any significant financial or other relationships they may have with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) or provider(s) of any commercial service(s) discussed in this program.

Drs. Contarin, Heredia, Jeanty, Malini, Navarro, Norris, Silva, Olavarria, Tiller, León, Quiroz, Henríquez, Bircher, Mansour, Gourand, Bessières, Machado, Gonçalves, Quintero, Martinez, Manohar, Sanchez, Serrano and Hernandez have indicated that no such relationships exist.

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