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Excess of neuromuscular spindles in a fetus with Costello syndrome: a clinicopathological report.
Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society - 1 Jan 2000
Sinico Martine, Bassez Guillaume, Touboul Claudine, Cavé Helene, Vergnaud Armand, Zirah Clément, Fleury-Feith Jocelyne, Gettler Sylvain, Vojtek Anne Marie, Chevalier Nicole, Amram Daniel, Alsamad Issam Abd, Haddad Bassam, Encha-Razavi Ferechté
Abstract excerpt
The neuromuscular spindle (NMS) is a proprioceptive myofibrillar component of skeletal muscles that is necessary to maintain normal muscle tone and coordination. Recently, an excess of NMS has been reported as a congenital neuromuscular syndrome with a Noonan phenotype, now linked to Costello syn...
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