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An 11-month-old female infant presented with mild fever, hypernatremia, microcephaly, and growth and developmental delay. No sign of thirst was noted in this infant even when the osmolality was over 318 mOsm/kg. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a lobar type holoprosencephaly. Plasma
Hypoglossia is a rare malformation that is not fatal, unlike otocephaly.
METHODS
A neonate, born at 39 weeks of GA and dead at 5th day showed hypoglossia, dextrocardia, situs inversus and pituitary aplasia. Maternal hyperthermia was observed at 4 weeks gestation.
CONCLUSIONS
This case is reminiscent
A causal relationship between neural tube defects and maternal febrile illness in early pregnancy was investigated retrospectively using human embryo data from Japan. The frequency of febrile illness was compared with corresponding data from normal controls, and holoprosencephalic and polydactylous
The isolation of Chryseobacterium indologenes as a causative micro-organism in human diseases is rare. Risk factors for infections caused by this pathogen include very young and very old age, indwelling devices, immune suppression and recent use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Most cases suffer from
Four topics on normal and abnormal human prenatal development are briefly reviewed. These studies were made possible by using the Kyoto Collection of Human Embryos, the largest collection of human embryo specimens procured after therapeutic abortion. The topics discussed include: (1) variability of