Infant born with Robert's syndrome without prenatal care in a developing nation

Prenatal diagnosis of Roberts syndrome.

Roberts syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive condition with variable phenotype. Severe manifestations are profound tetraphocomelia, cleft lip and palate, hypoplastic nasal alae and oligodactyly with infrequent survival beyond infancy. At least 28 patients from 16 sibships have been reported so far. We recently had the opportunity to monitor the pregnancy at risk for having an affected fetus. ...

Celia Roberts : Born and Made

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Care of the Newly Born Infant

Care of the Newly Born Infant

IN 1889 the first edition of this world famous textbook on tropical diseases by Sir Patrick Manson was published. The fact that this book has now reached its sixteenth edition is testimony to its continued popularity. The first five editions were the work of the original author but the last ten have been by the present author who has clearly left the imprint not only of his editorship but also ...

Roberts syndrome

All living organisms must go through cycles of replicating their genetic information and then dividing the copies between two new cells. This cyclical process, in cells from bacteria and human alike, requires a protein complex known as cohesin. Cohesin is a structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complex. While bacteria have one form of this complex, yeast have several SMC complexes, and hu...