Asymptomatic maternal myasthenia as a cause of the Pena-Shokeir phenotype
- 25 April 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Medical Genetics
Abstract
We report six sibs with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita and a Pena‐Shokeir phenotype, born to a healthy woman who was discovered to have asymptomatic myasthenia gravis (MG). This is the first report of anti‐acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies causing fetal akinesia/hypokinesia sequence in the offspring of an asymptomatic mother. Am. J. Med. Genet. 92:1–6, 2000.Keywords
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