Tent-shaped mouth as a presenting symptom of congenital myotonic dystrophy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 312-313

  Mashiach, R ^a   Rimon, E ^b,c   Achiron, R ^b,c  

^a LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; FACIES; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MOVEMENT; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; IMAGING; MOUTH; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYOFIBROSIS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SWALLOWING; THOMSEN DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOUTH ABNORMALITIES; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036379617     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00785.x     Document Type: Article

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