Prenatal diagnosis of congenital myotonic dystrophy and counseling of the pregnant mother: Case report and literature review

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 250-253

  Geifman Holtzman, Ossie ^a   Fay, Karen ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital myotonic dystrophy; CVS, amniocentesis; DNA analysis; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; CHORION VILLUS; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0031750478     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980707)78:3<250::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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