Preterm premature rupture of membranes in a patient with the hypermobility type of the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. A case report

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 244-247

  De Vos, M ^b   Nuytinck, L ^b   Verellen, C ^b   De Paepe, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ehlers Danlos syndrome; Hypermobility type; Premature rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERCLAGE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; MYALGIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; UTERUS RUPTURE;

EID: 0032796802     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020930     Document Type: Article

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