Noonan syndrome: Diagnostic difficulties. A case report and literature review

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 666-667

  Eccles, Diane ^a   Meek, D ^a   Nwosu, E C ^a  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANAMNESIS; APGAR SCORE; ASPIRATION; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUNSELING; CRYPTORCHISM; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GASTROSTOMY; GESTATION PERIOD; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; HYDROTHORAX; KARYOTYPE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOONAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WEBBED NECK;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NOONAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0344826510     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610310001607850     Document Type: Review

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