Excess of neuromuscular spindles in a fetus with Costello syndrome: A clinicopathological report

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-223

  Sinico, Martine ^a   Bassez, Guillaume ^b   Touboul, Claudine ^a   Cavé, Helene ^c   Vergnaud, Armand ^a,b,d   Zirah, Clément ^a   Fleury Feith, Jocelyne ^a   Gettler, Sylvain ^d   Vojtek, Anne Marie ^a   Chevalier, Nicole ^d   Amram, Daniel ^a   Abd Alsamad, Issam ^a   Haddad, Bassam ^a   Encha Razavi, Ferechté ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d Hopital prive Armand Brillard   (France)

^e HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Congenital myopathy; Costello syndrome; Fetal hydrops; HRAS; Neuromuscular spindle excess; Polyhydramnios

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COSTELLO SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS HYDROPS; GENE MUTATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDRAMNIOS; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NEWBORN; ONCOGENE H RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; FETUS; GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY;

HRAS PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN P21;

COSTELLO SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS);

EID: 80054042241     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/09-06-0664-CR.1     Document Type: Article

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