Noonan syndrome in a premature infant with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and death in infancy.

J Natl Med Assoc

Department of Medical Genetics, Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Published: June 2005

We report an extremely premature infant with Noonan syndrome who developed rapidly progressive obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which contributed to the death of the infant. The complications of prematurity combined with progressive, severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with Noonan syndrome lead to a poor prognosis.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569491PMC

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