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CONGENITAL CATARACT AND OTHER ANOMALIES FOLLOWING RUBELLA IN MOTHER DURING PREGNANCY: A CALIFORNIA SURVEY

CONGENITAL CATARACT AND OTHER ANOMALIES FOLLOWING RUBELLA IN MOTHER DURING PREGNANCY: A... Abstract A new concept of certain congenital anomalies has developed in the past few years with the discovery of defects in babies born of mothers who had rubella during the first three months of pregnancy. It has been more than a year now since Reese1 reported 3 cases of congenital cataracts in infants born in the United States of mothers who had rubella in the first month of pregnancy. This report followed the initial ones of Gregg2 and of Swan and his co-workers,3 from Australia, who were the first to call attention to these startling conditions. Gradually cases are being recorded by other men throughout the United States, notably Erickson,4 of Pasadena, Calif., who reported 11 cases in October 1944, and Perera,5 of New York, who recently reported a case. Winter and Lucic6 found 9 cases in the pediatric service of a large naval hospital References 1. Reese, A. B.: Congenital Cataract and Other Anomalies Following German Measles in Mother , Am. J. Ophth. 27:483-487 ( (May) ) 1944. 2. Gregg, N. M.: Congenital Cataract Following German Measles in Mother , Tr. Ophth. Soc. Australia 3:35-46, 1942. 3. Swan, C.; Tostevin, A. L.; Moore, B.; Mayo, H., and Black, G. H. B.: Congenital Defects in Infants Following infectious Diseases During Pregnancy , M. J. Australia 2:201-220 ( (Sept. 11) ) 1943. 4. Erickson, C. A.: Rubella Early in Pregnancy Causing Congenital Malformations of Eyes and Heart , J Pediat. 25:281-283 ( (Oct.) ) 1944.Crossref 5. Perera, C. A.: Congenital Cataract Following Rubella in the Mother : Report of a Case , Am. J. Ophth. 28:186 ( (Feb.) ) 1945. 6. Winter, S. J., and Lucic, H.: Personal communication to the author. 7. Erickson, C. A. : Personal communication to the author. 8. Brennemann, J.: Practice of Pediatrics , Hagerstown, Md., W. F. Prior Company, Inc., 1944, vol. 2, chap. 3, p. 1. 9. Swan, C.: A Study of Three Infants Dying from Congenital Defects Following Maternal Rubella in the Early Stages of Pregnancy , J. Path. & Bact. 51:289-295 ( (July) ) 1944. 10. Terry, T. L.: Personal communication to the author. 11. Mann, I.: The Development of the Human Eye , London, Cambridge University Press, 1928. 12. Brennemann, J.: Practice of Pediatrics , Hagerstown, Md., W. F. Prior Company, Inc., 1944, vol. 3, chap. 13, p. 35. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Ophthalmology American Medical Association

CONGENITAL CATARACT AND OTHER ANOMALIES FOLLOWING RUBELLA IN MOTHER DURING PREGNANCY: A CALIFORNIA SURVEY

Archives of Ophthalmology , Volume 35 (1) – Jan 1, 1946

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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1946 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0003-9950
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1538-3687
DOI
10.1001/archopht.1946.00890200043008
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Abstract

Abstract A new concept of certain congenital anomalies has developed in the past few years with the discovery of defects in babies born of mothers who had rubella during the first three months of pregnancy. It has been more than a year now since Reese1 reported 3 cases of congenital cataracts in infants born in the United States of mothers who had rubella in the first month of pregnancy. This report followed the initial ones of Gregg2 and of Swan and his co-workers,3 from Australia, who were the first to call attention to these startling conditions. Gradually cases are being recorded by other men throughout the United States, notably Erickson,4 of Pasadena, Calif., who reported 11 cases in October 1944, and Perera,5 of New York, who recently reported a case. Winter and Lucic6 found 9 cases in the pediatric service of a large naval hospital References 1. Reese, A. B.: Congenital Cataract and Other Anomalies Following German Measles in Mother , Am. J. Ophth. 27:483-487 ( (May) ) 1944. 2. Gregg, N. M.: Congenital Cataract Following German Measles in Mother , Tr. Ophth. Soc. Australia 3:35-46, 1942. 3. Swan, C.; Tostevin, A. L.; Moore, B.; Mayo, H., and Black, G. H. B.: Congenital Defects in Infants Following infectious Diseases During Pregnancy , M. J. Australia 2:201-220 ( (Sept. 11) ) 1943. 4. Erickson, C. A.: Rubella Early in Pregnancy Causing Congenital Malformations of Eyes and Heart , J Pediat. 25:281-283 ( (Oct.) ) 1944.Crossref 5. Perera, C. A.: Congenital Cataract Following Rubella in the Mother : Report of a Case , Am. J. Ophth. 28:186 ( (Feb.) ) 1945. 6. Winter, S. J., and Lucic, H.: Personal communication to the author. 7. Erickson, C. A. : Personal communication to the author. 8. Brennemann, J.: Practice of Pediatrics , Hagerstown, Md., W. F. Prior Company, Inc., 1944, vol. 2, chap. 3, p. 1. 9. Swan, C.: A Study of Three Infants Dying from Congenital Defects Following Maternal Rubella in the Early Stages of Pregnancy , J. Path. & Bact. 51:289-295 ( (July) ) 1944. 10. Terry, T. L.: Personal communication to the author. 11. Mann, I.: The Development of the Human Eye , London, Cambridge University Press, 1928. 12. Brennemann, J.: Practice of Pediatrics , Hagerstown, Md., W. F. Prior Company, Inc., 1944, vol. 3, chap. 13, p. 35.

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Archives of OphthalmologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jan 1, 1946

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