PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Reardon, W
AU  - Lewis, N
AU  - Hughes, H E
TI  - Consanguinity, cardiac arrest, hearing impairment, and ECG abnormalities: counselling pitfalls in the Romano-Ward syndrome.
AID  - 10.1136/jmg.30.4.325
DP  - 1993 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Genetics
PG  - 325--327
VI  - 30
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/30/4/325.short
4100  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/30/4/325.full
SO  - J Med Genet1993 Apr 01; 30
AB  - Genetic counselling in the autosomal dominant condition of the Romano-Ward syndrome might be assumed to be relatively straightforward. The problems posed by consanguinity, deafness, and subclinical gene carriers in a pedigree with this condition have caused us to reevaluate this view. The diagnostic and management difficulties which may attend this potentially fatal condition are highlighted by our experience with this family.