Discordant Expression of Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome in Heteropaternal Dizygotic Twins

Discordant expression of fetal hydantoin syndrome in heteropaternal dizygotic twins.

Dizygotic twins with Down's syndrome.

father and G trisomy in the two mongol children, but revealed 5 cells with 47 chromosomes among 70 cells counted from the mother. In 4 of these cells the extra chromosome was from the G group, and in the remaining cell it was a C group chromosome. On these results maternal mosaicism with karyotype 46,XX/47, XX,G+ was diagnosed. In 1971 the couple elected to have a further child despite the risk...

Dizygotic twins discordant for HIV and hepatitis C virus.

Twin girls were born at 37 weeks' gestation to a mother infected by HIV and hepatitis C virus. Twin 1 had symptomatic HIV infection by 9 months but was negative for hepatitis C virus antibody and RNA. Twin 2 became HIV antibody negative by 15 months but was positive for antihepatitis C virus and RNA.

Myelomeningocoele in dizygotic twins.

BACKGROUND Periconceptional use of folic acid can reduce a woman's risk of having a baby with a neural-tube defect and other congenital abnormalities. METHOD Case reports of babies OO both males, who were delivered at term by emergency caesarean section by a 21 year old woman. At birth, both twins had neural tube defects, bilateral talipes equinovarusdeformity, bladder and bowel dysfunction. ...

Fetal hydantoin syndrome: A case report.

Fetal hydantoin syndrome (FHS) is a spectrum of defects caused to the developing fetus by exposure to the teratogenic effects of antiepileptic drug (AED) phenytoin during pregnancy. Its clinical manifestations include limb abnormalities, ocular defects, central nervous system anomalies, intrauterine growth restriction, and hand and phalangeal anomalies. This case report presents an 8-year-old c...