Utility of fetal muscle biopsy for diagnosis of nemaline myopathy

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 400-404

  Kasperski, Stefanie B ^a   Brennan, Allison M ^c   Corteville, Jane E ^c   Finkel, Richard S ^a,b   Golden, Jeff ^a,b   Johnson, Mark P ^a,b   Wilson, R Douglas ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal muscle biopsy; Nemaline myopathy; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MOVEMENT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANTILE HYPOTONIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOPATHIES, NEMALINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 55149093405     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000170095     Document Type: Article

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