Asymptomatic maternal myasthenia as a cause of the Pena-Shokeir phenotype

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-6

  Brueton, Louise A ^a   Huson, Susan M ^b   Phillip M, Cox ^c   Shirley, I ^d   Thompson, Elizabeth M ^a   Barnes, Phillip R J ^e   Price, Julie ^d   Newsom Davis, John ^e   Vincent, Angela ^f  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita; Fetal akinesia hypokinesia; Maternal myasthenia gravis; Pena Shokeir phenotype

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MATERNAL DISEASE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0034194862     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(20000501)92:1<1::AID-AJMG1>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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