Congenital toxoplasmosis in two successive sibs.
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Congenital toxoplasmosis in two successive sibs.
Case 1. Delivery (December 1962) was at the 7th month by caesarean section for fetal distress. At the time of the section an ovarian cyst was noted, and this was excised (see below). The baby (2400 g., 48 cm.) was covered with meconium. The skin of the trunk showed many purpuric spots. The abdomen was enlarged, with marked hepatosplenomegaly. Respiratory distress was severe, death occurring at ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.43.232.705