Prenatal diagnosis and obstetric management of Larsen's syndrome in a patient with an unrecognized family history of the disease

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 274-278

  Dören, Martina ^a   Rehder, Helga ^b   Holzgreve, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Congenitaljoint dislocation; Larsen's syndrome; Prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal ultrasound screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLUBFOOT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; KNEE; LARSEN SYNDROME; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; THUMB MALFORMATION;

EID: 0031767906     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010050     Document Type: Article

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