Case 28-2008: An 8-day-old infant with congenital deafness, lethargy, and hypothermia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1156-

  Staley, Kevin J ^a,b   Sims, Katherine B ^a,b   Grant, P Ellen ^a,b   Hedley Whyte, E Tessa ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDRALAZINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PHENOBARBITAL; THIAMINE;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUDIOLOGY; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; COMA; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHERMIA; LETHARGY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEIZURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WEAKNESS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FATALITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LEIGH DISEASE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LEIGH DISEASE; LETHARGY; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUTATION;

EID: 51649084332     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc0804642     Document Type: Article

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