Prenatal diagnosis of Walker-Warburg syndrome in three sibs

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-110

  Gasser, B ^a   Lindner, V ^a   Dreyfus, M ^b   Feidt, X ^c   Leissner, P ^d   Treisser, A ^c   Stoll, C ^e  

^a Institut de Pathologie Strasbourg   (France)

^b Service de Gynécologie 1   (France)

^c Ecole de Sages femmes   (France)

^d Service de Gynéco Obstétrique Obernai   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Atretic cephalocele; Hydrocephalus; Kidney dysplasia; Lissencephaly; Muscle dystrophy; Retinal dysplasia

Indexed keywords

AGYRIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MALFORMATION; SIBLING; URETER OBSTRUCTION; WALKER WARBURG SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CONSANGUINITY; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; KIDNEY; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032485297     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980305)76:2<107::AID-AJMG1>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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