Abstract
An infant with arthrogryposis multiplex and other malformations born to a mother who presented with myasthenia gravis immediately following cesarean section is reported from the Depts Neonatology and Obstetrics, Hasharon Hospital, Petah-Tiqva, Tel Aviv Univ Med Sch, Israel.
Highlights
An infant with arthrogryposis multiplex and other malformations born to a mother who presented with myasthenia gravis immediately following cesarean section is reported from the Depts Neonatology and Obstetrics, Hasharon Hospit¬ al, Petah-Tiqva, Tel Aviv Univ Med Sch, Israel
The authors suggest that the failure to recognize and treat the myasthenia gravis during pregnancy may be causally related to the infant's multiple malforma¬ tions and fatal outcome
The value of brain-typical creatine phosphokinase iso-enzyme (CPK-BB) determinations in the assessment of brain damage due to neonatal asphyxia in 33 full-term infants has been assessed in the Services of Neonatology, Child Neurology and Radiology, Clinica Infantil, Cindad Sanitaria "La Paz", Madrid, Spain
Summary
An infant with arthrogryposis multiplex and other malformations born to a mother who presented with myasthenia gravis immediately following cesarean section is reported from the Depts Neonatology and Obstetrics, Hasharon Hospit¬ al, Petah-Tiqva, Tel Aviv Univ Med Sch, Israel. Cytogenetic studies on infant and mother were normal. The authors suggest that the failure to recognize and treat the myasthenia gravis during pregnancy may be causally related to the infant's multiple malforma¬ tions and fatal outcome.
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