Tuberous sclerosis presenting with fetal and neonatal cardiac tumours.
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چکیده
Cardiac tumours were identified on ultrasonography in fetal or early postnatal life in five infants. Tuberous sclerosis was subsequently diagnosed in all five. Only one infant required operation. Regression of the tumour occurred in three. No infant had hypomelanotic macules at birth, and they took up to two years to appear.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 65 4 Spec No شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1990