Fetal akinesia: review of the genetics of the neuromuscular causes.

Abstract excerpt

Fetal akinesia refers to a broad spectrum of disorders in which the unifying feature is a reduction or lack of fetal movement. Fetal akinesias may be caused by defects at any point along the motor system pathway including the central and peripheral nervous system, the neuromuscular junction and the muscle, as well as by restrictive dermopathy or external restriction of the fetus in utero. The fetal akinesias are...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Chromosome Aberrations
• Share to Genetic Predisposition to Disease