Congenital varicella syndrome in a neonate
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https://doi.org/10.32677/IJCH.2019.v06.i03.012Keywords:
Congenital varicella syndrome, hypoplastic limb, neonateAbstract
Congenital varicella syndrome is an extremely rare disorder occurring in <2% of the babies born to women infected with varicella between 7 and 28 weeks of pregnancy. The characteristic symptoms consist of skin lesions in a dermatomal distribution, neurological defects, eye diseases, and skeletal anomalies. We present a case of a newborn male baby who was shifted to neonatal intensive care unit.
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2019-03-27
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Congenital varicella syndrome in a neonate. (2019). Indian Journal of Child Health, 6(3), 142-143. https://doi.org/10.32677/IJCH.2019.v06.i03.012