Synonym(s)
AIDS embryopathy; congenital AIDS related syndrome; fetal AIDS syndrome; HIV Embryopathy; HIV infection HIV embryopathy; human immunodeficiency virus embryopathy
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Disease whose entity is disputed. Questionable embryopathy caused by transmission of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus).
EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
Prenatal HIV infection through transplacental transmission suspected, see also AIDS.
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Microcephaly (70%), short nose with sunken nasal bridge, wide eyelid crevices and blue sclera, prominent upper lip with broad philtrum, short stature, hypertelorism.
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Detection of HIV by PCR and HIV antibodies in ELISA and Western blot.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Ayisi JG (2003) The effect of dual infection with HIV and malaria on pregnancy outcome in western Kenya. AIDS 17: 585-594
- Dickover RE et al (2002) Perinatal transmission of major, minor, and multiple maternal human immunodeficiency virus type 1 variants in utero and intrapartum. J Virol 75: 2194-2203
- Marion RW et al (1986) Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III) embryopathy. Am J Dis Child 140: 638-640
- Mwanyumba F et al (2002) Placental inflammation and perinatal transmission of HIV-1 J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 29: 262-269
- Nielsen K et al (2000) Diagnosis of HIV infection in children. Pediatr Clin North Am 47: 39-63
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