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Presentation of Case

A newborn boy was admitted to an intensive care unit because of respiratory depression.

The infant was born to a 28-year-old woman (gravida 2) at 38 weeks' gestation, after an uneventful pregnancy. The parents were from the Cape Verde Islands. The mother's blood group was O, Rh-positive. A test for antirubella antibodies was positive; tests for antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen and the human immunodeficiency virus, a serologic test for syphilis, and vaginal cultures for chlamydia and gonococci were negative. A healthy daughter had been delivered three years earlier. The mother had eight siblings and seven half-siblings, one of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis

Dr. N. Paul Rosman's Diagnosis

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnoses

References

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