Asymptomatic maternal myasthenia as a cause of the Pena-Shokeir phenotype.

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 th...

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Main Authors: Brueton, L, Huson, S, Cox, P, Shirley, I, Thompson, E, Barnes, P, Price, J, Newsom-Davis, J, Vincent, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2000