Congenital Myasthenia and Facial Malformations

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-4-12-7

Congenital Myasthenia and Facial Malformations

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 4 (1990): Issue 12

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Dec 1990

Abstract

A new genetic syndrome of congenital myasthenia with distinctive ethnic clustering and associated facial malformations transmitted as an autosomal recessive disorder is reported from the Departments of Neurology and Medical Genetics, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashcmer, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-4-12-7 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 93 - 94

Published on: Dec 1, 1990

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Congenital Myasthenia,

Predominant Facial Muscle Weakness,

Mandibular Prognathism

© 1990 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 4 (1990): Issue 12