Two cases of pontocerebellar hypoplasia: Ethical and prenatal diagnostic dilemma

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-187

  Ajibola, Ayodeji J ^a   Netzloff, Michael ^a,b   Samaraweera, Ranji ^a   Omar, Said A ^a  

^a Michigan State University and Sparrow Health System   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical dilemma; Pontocerebellar hypoplasia; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BIRTH; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROGNATHIA;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CONSANGUINITY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTATION; PONS; PREGNANCY; SIBLINGS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 76249108617     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1234030     Document Type: Article

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