Two cases of maternal antenatal splenic rupture and hypotension associated with Moebius syndrome and cerebral palsy in offspring. Further evidence for a utero placental vascular aetiology for the Moebius syndrome and some cases of cerebral palsy

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 800-804

  Lipson, A H ^a   Gillerot, Y ^b   Tannenberg, A E G ^d   Giurgea, S ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b Centre for Medical Genetics   (Belgium)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tivoli   (Belgium)

^d Mater Misericordiac Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Hypotension; Moebius syndrome; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; MATERNAL DISEASE; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN RUPTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0029744712     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02002911     Document Type: Article

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