Fetal akinesia sequence caused by nemaline myopathy

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 116-119

  Lammens, M ^a,b   Moerman, Ph ^b   Fryns, J P ^b   Lemmens, F ^c   Van De Kamp, G M ^d   Goemans, N ^b   Dom, R ^b  

^a Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Belgium)

^d Neonatal Intensive Care Unit   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita; Fetal akinesia sequence; Nemaline myopathy; Pena Shokeir syndrome

Indexed keywords

AKINESIA; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRAMNIOS; JOINT CONTRACTURE; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MALE; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030788636     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973683     Document Type: Article

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