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Carrier state for the nebulin exon 55 deletion and abnormal prenatal ultrasound findings as potential signs of nemaline myopathy.
Prenatal diagnosis - 1 Jan 2012
Yonath Hagith, Reznik-Wolf Haike, Berkenstadt Michal, Eisenberg-Barzilai Shlomit, Lehtokari Vilma-Lotta, Wallgren-Pettersson Carina, Mehta Lakshmi, Achiron Reuven, Gilboa Yinon, Polak-Charcon Sylvie, Winder Thomas, Frydman Moshe, Pras Elon
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To increase awareness to the possibility of nemaline myopathy (NM) when abnormal prenatal ultrasound findings appear together with a carrier state for the common exon 55 deletion in the nebulin gene (NEB) of an Ashkenazi Jewish parent. METHODS: We describe four unrelated pregnancies with abnormal prenatal ultrasound findings resulting in the birth of newborns with NM, where one or both parents were of...
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