Gyr T, Katz M, Altermatt H J, Braga S, Duerig P, Koenig C, Schneider H
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland.
Arch Gynecol Obstet. 1992;251(3):149-54. doi: 10.1007/BF02718378.
A consanguineous family with no living children and three male siblings with Pena-Shokeir 1 syndrome is described. Two children died antepartum and the third shortly after delivery. The importance of early prenatal diagnosis, appropriate counseling and thorough evaluation of the neuromuscular system is discussed.