Prenatal findings in four consecutive pregnancies with fetal Pierson syndrome, a newly defined congenital nephrosis syndrome

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 262-266

  Mark, Karlheinz ^a,c   Reis, André ^b   Zenker, Martin ^b  

^a Klinikum Weiden   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital nephrotic syndrome; Diffuse mesangial sclerosis; Microcoria; Neural tube defect; Pierson syndrome; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS HYDROPS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAMB2 GENE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NPHS1 GENE; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PIERSON SYNDROME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PYELECTASIS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANENCEPHALY; CONSANGUINITY; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DISEASES; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; HUMANS; INFANT; LAMIN TYPE B; MALE; MUTATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33645382158     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1393     Document Type: Article

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