Congenital myotonic dystrophy: A case report

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 512-514

  Upadhyay, K ^a   Thomson, A ^a   Luckas, M J M ^a  

^a LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital myotonic dystrophy; Pregnancy; Steinert's disease; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MOVEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PARENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 27644499116     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088041     Document Type: Article

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