Infobox disease Name Stillbirth Image Baby in ultrasound.jpg Caption Ultrasonography is often used to diagnose stillbirth. DiseasesDB ICD10 ICD10 P 95 p 90 ICD9 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus 002304 eMedicineSubj search eMedicineTopic Stillbirth MeshID D050497 A stillbirth occurs when a fetus has death died in the uterus ... definition specifies that fetal death is termed a stillbirth after 20 weeks gestation or the fetus ... in full term pregnancies. Human stillbirth Causes The causes of a large percentage of human stillbirths ... as stillbirths . ref Bythell M, et al. 2008 The contribution of late termination of pregnancy to stillbirth ... Medical Association in 2011 found a number of maternal factors associated with stillbirth. Among ... www.cbsnews.com 8301 500368 162 57342588 studies identify stillbirth risk factors causes ref Prenatal maternal treatment An in utero stillbirth does not usually present an immediate health risk to the woman ... during Childbirth Second stage vaginal birth . Prevalence The mean stillbirth rate in the United .... ref Cacciatore, J. 2007 . A phenomenological exploration of stillbirth and the effects of ritualization ... quality or unavailable, the stillbirth rate is much higher. Legal definitions of stillbirth Australia ... and fetal response in stillbirth journal Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. volume 196 issue 3 pages 229.e1 4 year 2007 quote Stillbirth is defined within Australia as fetal death no signs of life , whether .... pmid 17346531 doi 10.1016 j.ajog.2006.10.900 ref Austria In Austria a stillbirth is defined ... or muscle movements. Canada Beginning in 1959, the definition of a stillbirth was revised to conform ... uk&ct clnk&cd 10 History, Vital Statistics Stillbirth Database , in http www.statcan.ca cgi bin imdb p2SV.pl?Function getSurvey&SDDS 3234&lang en&db IMDB&dbg f&adm 8&dis 2 Vital Statistics Stillbirth ... efforts or gasps. ref name CDC def Germany In Germany a stillbirth is defined as birth of a child ... birth family relationships miscarriage and stillbirth registering stillbirth ref For the purposes ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Stillbirth Type Album Artist Oneiroid Psychosis Cover Released 1995, re released in 2003 Recorded Genre Darkwave Length 1 00 43 Label Decibel Producer s Last album This album Stillbirth br 1995 Next album Fantasies About Illness br 1996 Misc Darkwave duo Oneiroid Psychosis released their debut album, Stillbirth , in 1995. Included were a few tracks from their previous effort, known simply as Psychosis. The album was re released in 2003 by their new record label, COP International . Track listing Succubi 5 47 words by Leif Prurience 4 32 words by Leif Fleshmachine 4 36 words by Leif Bloodlust 4 08 words by Leif Menarche 5 31 words by Lars Hypnagogic Existence 8 06 words by Lars Psychopathia Sexualis 6 13 words by Lars Mind s I 3 59 words by Leif Motionless 4 26words by Lars Broken Eyes 7 24 These Shattered Falling 5 56 All songs 2003 Psylabs Sample sources Succubus Succubi Moans from Tracy Lords and Christy Canyon , Lust in the Fast Lane Fleshmachine I guess I ll forget psychiatry stick with surgery. Leonard McCoy Dr. McCoy , Star Trek Menarche Heavy breathing from 2010 film 2010 Hypnagogic Existence I want you to realize that the dream was real. from a PBS mini series on dreams Psychopathia Sexualis eye eye from Gothic film Gothic Is it possible to communicate with the deceased? Is it possible to communicate with the dead? Edited phrase from In Search Of Ghost Photographs DEFAULTSORT Stillbirth Album Category 1995 debut albums Category Oneiroid Psychosis albums 1990s electronic album stub ... more details
In the United States and Canada, Stillbirth Remembrance Day is a day set aside each year to honor and memorial remember babies that have been stillbirth stillborn . In many cases, this definition is expanded to include babies lost to miscarriage , Sudden infant death syndrome SIDS , and Complication .... In light of this latter definition, Stillbirth Remembrance Day is sometimes known as Stillbirth and Infant ... years, there has been a lobby by parents who have lost babies to stillbirth in particular, for governors ... day to be Stillbirth Remembrance Day in their state or province. This is in line with similar ... upon a parent s request and payment of a Certificate of Birth resulting in Stillbirth birth ... States to receive a Certificate of Birth resulting in Stillbirth. Her mother, Dr. Joanne ... of Stillbirth Remembrance Day The idea of an annual day to remember stillborns followed perhaps the most notable stillbirth in recent years, that of Breanna Lynn Bartlett Stewart in September 2000. In Breanna Lynn s home state of Arkansas , widespread media coverage following her stillbirth sparked ... of Arkansas passed a law proclaiming Breanna Lynn s birthday, September 6, to be Arkansas Stillbirth ... laws enacting September 6 to be Stillbirth Remembrance Day in time for Breanna Lynn s second birthday ... lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death. The eleven other U.S. states that had not yet proclaimed September 6 as Stillbirth Remembrance Day were Alaska Connecticut Hawaii Maine Montana Nevada ... of these remaining states to proclaim an official day of stillbirth remembrance. Pregnancy and Infant ... death syndrome SIDS . In this way, the special case of a stillbirth, the cause of which is quite often ... infant loss, stillbirth, child loss . Resources songs, grief poems, quotes, and a community. http ... on blacklist of user shadowbot http www.eastsussex.gov.uk community registration registeradeath stillbirth default.htm Protocol to be followed in registering a stillbirth and obtaining a stillbirth ... more details
The Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society SANDS is a national charity in the United Kingdom that provides support to Grief bereaved parents and their families. It is based in Portland Place in London and is a Charitable organization registered charity . ref EW charity 299679 ref Its activities include offering support via meetings, telepohne and email for bereaved parents and women who are pregnant again or thinking of having another baby training for hospitals and other healthcare providers to ensure bereaved parents receive adequate and appropriate care and support conveying information about stillbirth and neonatal death through publications and its website promoting research to reduce the loss of babies lives. SANDS Garden File SANDS Garden NMA.JPG thumb Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society Garden The Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society Garden is a feature within the National Memorial Arboretum , the UK national site of remembrance at Alrewas , near Lichfield in Staffordshire . ref http www.thenma.org.uk National Memorial Arboretum ref See also Perinatal mortality References Reflist External links http www.uk sands.org Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society website Category Grief Category Charities based in England Category Death Category Obstetrics ... more details
wiktionary stillborn Stillborn may refer to stillbirth in medicine Stillborn band , from Poland Stillborn song Stillborn song , a 2003 song by Black Label Society Stillborn album Stillborn album , a 1993 album by Malevolent Creation disambiguation ... more details
A memory box is a box provided by some hospitals in the event of stillbirth , miscarriage , or other problem during or after childbirth . They contain objects belonging to or representing the deceased child to help mothers deal with grief. Memory boxes are usually donated by local charities and organizations. Memory boxes for miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss can contain the following items lock of hair baby blanket special box to keep items in data card that states baby s name and birth information card ink pad for taking foot hand prints journal writing pen small stuffed animal to use in photos outfit that fits the baby air dry clay for taking foot hand molds disposable camera pocket kleenex bereavement books and information Category Childbirth unreferenced date April 2008 health stub ... more details
Wikify date December 2010 expert subject Genetics date August 2008 Infobox disease Name Hydrolethalus syndrome Image Alt Caption DiseasesDB 34380 ICD10 ICD9 ICDO OMIM 236680 MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID GeneReviewsID GeneReviewsName Hydrolethalus syndrome less commonly referred to as Salonen Herva Norio syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that causes improper fetal development, resulting in birth defects and often stillbirth . ref http www.enotes.com genetic disorders encyclopedia hydrolethalus syndrome ref It is associated with HYLS1 mutations. Symptoms Hydrolethalus syndrome can cause heart and brain defects, a cleft lip or palate, an abnormally shaped nose or jaw, or incomplete lung development. These defects are typically serious enough to cause stillbirth or death within a few days of birth. References reflist DEFAULTSORT Hydrolethalus Syndrome Category Congenital disorders disease stub ... more details
after being remastered. Stillbirth was re released on COP International in 2003. After Stillbirth ... by COP International, and a re release of 1995 s Stillbirth followed a year later. On OP s fifth ... using the following names. Signal 12 NoOne Ascent Discography Albums Stillbirth album Stillbirth ... more details
is 50 and at stillbirth , the mean fetal blood volume is math 150 frac ml kg math These Constraint mathematics ..., both maternal and fetal math FW math is the stillbirth weight of the fetus in kilograms . Stillbirth ..., math FC 200 math of which are found to be fetal red blood cells. Suppose further that the stillbirth ... that the fetus under consideration lost 66.667 two thirds of its blood via FMH. Generally, stillbirth ... this much blood in this example, we would hence be likely to suspect FMH as the cause of the stillbirth ... that it is not possible to entirely correlate a positive KB stain and high math PFB math with a stillbirth ... correlation coefficients math r approx 1.000 math between FMH and stillbirth have been observed ... stain for a fair period of time after a stillbirth. However, if the mother and fetus are Blood type ABO incompatible, it is more crucial to quickly perform the KB stain following a stillbirth, as the fetal ... interpretation of FMH as a possible cause of stillbirth. It is not necessary to draw the sample ... more details
Saal Bulas syndrome is listed as a rare disease by the Office of Rare Diseases ORD of the National Institutes of Health NIH . This means that Saal Bulas syndrome, or a subtype of Saal Bulas syndrome, affects fewer than 200,000 people in the US population. Signs and Symptoms This syndrome consists of Ectrodactyly or lobster like hands, Diaphragmatic hernia and absence of the corpus callosum In addition to these the following problems may also be present. abnormal alimentary tract cardiac septal defect low hair line in front oligodactyly or missing fingers respiratory distress stillbirth neonatal death References http www.orpha.net Orpha.net A listing of Rare diseases http rarediseases.info.nih.gov National Institute of Health Office for Rare Diseases Category Rare diseases ... more details
notability Music date June 2008 Embryodead is a 1997 album by Wumpscut . Track listing Golgotha 6.25 Embryodead 5.23 Down where we belong 3.35 Slave to evil 4.21 War 4.40 Is It You 5.15 Pest 4.34 Womb 4.50 Angel 4.21 Stillbirth 6.17 Slave to evil v2 4.37 See also Wumpscut List of Works by Rudy Ratzinger External links http www.wumpscut.com Official Page http www.repulsive.de wumpscut main.htm Fan page with detailed information Category Wumpscut albums Category 1997 albums ... more details
Orphan date June 2009 Elegy For a Stillborn Child written by Seamus Heaney is a poem about the death of his friend s Stillbirth stillborn child. ref http archiver.rootsweb.com th read IRISH AMERICAN 2003 09 1063085781 ref It deals with the sad eventful death of the baby and how the mother and father react to the traumatic event as well as Seamus Heaney himself. The poem was published c. 1966 along with others such as Triptych for the Easter Battlers , Homage to Pieter Breughel , Persephone , Rookery , Requiem for the Irish Rebels , The Peninsula , and Orange Drums, Tyrone 1966 . ref http chaucer.library.emory.edu irishpoet workshop index.html ref See also Seamus Heaney Author and famous Irish poet. Death Sorrow Poetry References reflist Category Irish poems ... more details
orphan date March 2010 Common burial , also known as mass interment is the burial of several bodies in one collective grave . Human infants , particularly premature ones, are sometimes given a common burial when they die due to loss of pregnancy, stillbirth, or early infant death. One or two small caskets hold all the infants. Mass grave s are a more infamous form of common burial, usually used only in cases with larger numbers of bodies, such as genocide or natural disaster. Commonscat Common burials DEFAULTSORT Common Burial Category Death customs Death stub de Gemeinschaftsgrab ... more details
A cephalotribe was a medical instrument used in obstetrics to crush the skull of Stillbirth stillborn fetuses cephalotripsy . It was used in cases of obstructed labor dystocia to aid childbirth delivery . ref name Recent W.L. Richardson January 3, 1878 . http www.nejm.org doi pdf 10.1056 NEJM187801030980103 Recent progress in obstetrics The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal 10 3. ref ref name The cite journal author Hicks JB title The Cephalotribe journal Br Med J year 1867 volume 2 issue 355 pages 337 8 pmid 20744902 pmc 2310674 ref See also Cranioclast Puerperal fever References reflist Category Surgical instruments medical equipment stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Fantasies About Illness Type Album Artist Oneiroid Psychosis Cover Released 1996 Recorded Genre Darkwave Length 57 38 Label Decibel Producer s Last album Stillbirth album Stillbirth br 1995 This album Fantasies About Illness br 1996 Next album Garden of Remembrance album Garden of Remembrance br 1999 Fantasies About Illness is the second album released by Oneiroid Psychosis . Assuage was the only single music single released for the album, and in fact, the only single OP have ever released. Track listing Psychasthene 4 21 Assuage 6 00 words by Lars Midnight Mist 5 13 words by Leif Box 5 05 words by Lars Apostasy 3 58 words by Leif Influence of Organism 7 48 words by Lars Symbion 4 55 Obscurum Per Obscuris 5 56 Arise and Pass Away 6 21 words by Leif Somnambulus 5 54 words by Leif The Micro Implant Conspiracy 2 03 All songs 1996 Psychosis Laboratories Sample sources Micro implant Conspiracy I was informed that they would use micro stimulators in the uteruses of women they artificially stimulate them sexually which is how they create sadistic women and they put the sound of pleasure into the inner mind with implants with like implanted teeth or when tonsils are removed or as stitches in front of the left ear and then they maneuver the women into intimidating the men and they maneuver the men into responding rather than out the door at the woman and my wife is being used in a sadistic fashion in conspiracy against me. Spoken by a deranged guy on COPS TV series COPS Box You can t understand it. You re frightened because you can t understand it. Dr. Dastrom from Star Trek The Ultimate Computer Category 1996 albums Category Oneiroid Psychosis albums 1990s electronic album stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox Book name Pregnancy After A Loss title orig translator image image caption author Carol Cirulli Lanham illustrator cover artist country United States of America language England English series subject Stillbirth genre Non Fiction publisher Berkley Books pub date 1999 english pub date media type pages 375 pages isbn 978 0425170472 dewey 618.2 001 9 21 congress RG631 .L36 1999 oclc 42452027 preceded by followed by Pregnancy After A Loss is a book by Carol Cirulli Lanham. It is about her son Patrick who was a stillbirth. It is to help other women with their miscarriages. It was published in 1999 by Berkley Books . ref name pregnancyafteraloss.com pregnancyafteraloss.com ref Summary Lanham says that after her first loss, that she was anxious about another child. She thought that he would end up just like her miscarriage. She covers all the feelings that she felt and being pregnant with her second son Andrew. There is also a dads view in the story. It covers many things such as, gaining the courage to try again, Trying Again, and waiting for the new baby. ref pregnancyafteraloss.com Book Website ref Influence Lanham was influenced to write the book because after she lost the son she wanted so much, she wanted to help other women to cope with the pain. She felt she should do it because of her journaling skills. ref name pregnancyafteraloss.com About The Author Carol Lanham now lives in Dallas , Texas with her two sons, Andrew and Michael, now 16 and 14. Along with working for the Associated Press , Newsweek , Reuters , and Vatican Radio in Italy she received her PhD at the University of Texas at Dallas , planning on specializing in public health research ref http www.gatesfoundation.org foundationnotes Pages carol cirulli lanham silent sorrow.aspx ref . She happily lives with her husband, Sean. ref pregnancyafteraloss.com Book Website ref References reflist Category Non fiction books Category 1999 novels Category Pregnancy and birth ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Fragments of Insanity Type Album Artist Necrodeath Cover Fragments of insanity cover.jpg Released 1989 remastered versions released in 2001 and 2007 Recorded Genre Extreme Metal Label Scarlet Records Producer Reviews Last album Into the Macabre br 1987 This album Fragments of Insanity br 1989 Next album Mater of All Evil br 1999 Fragments of Insanity is the second studio album of the Italian Extreme Metal band Necrodeath . Track listing Choose Your Death 5 23 Thanatoid 4 34 State Of Progressive Annihilation 4 34 Metempsycosis 3 58 Fragments Of Insanity 5 14 Enter My Subconscious 4 23 Stillbirth 4 19 Eucharistical Sacrifice 4 32 Credits Ingo vocals Peso Necrodeath Peso drums Claudio guitars Paolo bass Category 1989 albums Category Necrodeath albums Category Scarlet Records albums it Fragments of Insanity sv Fragments of Insanity ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 Image TMATA.jpg thumb 400 pix The Mighty and The Almighty The Mighty and the Almighty Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs is a 2006 memoir written by former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright . Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright looks at the role of God and religion in light of the current world situation. She examines Islamic fundamentalism and also the role Evangelicalism plays in the Bush White House. Albright has an interesting perspective on religion, as she was raised a Catholic, converted to the Episcopal faith at the time of her marriage, and late in life discovered her Jewish roots. Most important, Albright argues that politics and religious values can work together to promote peace. In her book, Albright discussed the personal traumas that marked her life. For example, she discussed the shameful sudden departure of her husband of 23 years for another woman, the death of her beloved father, and the stillbirth of a child. She gave ample space to the shocking discovery by the media in the 1990s of the fact that three of her grandparents were Jewish and had died in Nazi camps. The furor over her ignorance of her own history seemed improbable to some, even an indication of self loathing or selective self reporting. Albright stated that her parents, out of a desire to protect her, had shielded her from the ugly truth about her grandparents deaths. DEFAULTSORT Mighty And The Almighty Category Books by Madeleine Albright Category 2006 books Bio book stub ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 Bisceglia is an Italy Italian family name that originates from the Apulia region of Italy and from Tempio Pausania, an important town of Sardinia Island. History Immigration in the early 1900s led to Bisceglia family settlements in northern California , Massachusetts Boston, Leominster, Worcester , Virginia, Washington, and Kansas areas. In Massachusetts, the family began in earliest knowledge to date with Giovanni and Gaspare Bisceglia, their wives, Grazia Placentino Bisceglia and Sunsidina Placentino Bisceglia. Giovanni and Grazia Bisceglia s children were Anthony, Egidio, Clement, and Clevia, as well as a stillbirth child that died at birth . Gaspare and Sunsidina s children were E. Vincent, Alba, and Delores Bisceglia. Gaspare is particularly notable in the Leominster, Massachusetts area for the formation of the Leominster Colonial Band, a timeless civic band which performs regularly at the Bisceglia Bandstand in Carter Park, Leominster, MA. Gaspare s son, E. Vincent Bisceglia succeeded him later and many family members have since been members of the Italian Colonial Band. Rumor has existed that anyone with the surname Bisceglia is a direct descendant of Lord Bisceglia . Lord Bisceglia was a General in the Italian Army that saved the town subsequently named for him Bisceglie on the Adriatic coast of Italy. Since that time, any descendants of Lord Bisceglia is technically a Lord or Lady of the feudal nation of Italy. Category Italian families ... more details
refimprove date March 2012 A keepsake box or memory box , typically made from wood, is used for storing mementos of a special time, event or person. They are often created or purchased to mark life s major events like a christen ing, wedding , birthday , or First Holy Communion. They may also be given for sad occasions of bereavement, such as the stillbirth of a child, when a keepsake memory box helps with the grieving process. This sort of a keepsake box may be personalised with a person s name, design or picture. File Pantheon Theatre Memory Box.jpg right thumb Pantheon Theatre Memory Box In September 2011 the BBC highlighted a modern example of a particularly intricate memory box, in the form of a Pantheon Theatre, containing over 10,000 pieces of Marquetry, taking 18 months to create. ref http www.youtube.com watch?v MMxFCmjD3Y Memory Box Model Theatre , BBC East Midlands News YouTube clip . Retrieved 2012 03 02. ref ref http derbyshire.greatbritishlife.co.uk article wheathills let the memory live again nigel heldreich 35738 Wheathills Let the memory live again , Derbyshire Life Magazine, September 15, 2011. Retrieved 2012 03 02. ref References reflist tradition stub Category Containers ... more details
Orphan date April 2011 Werling v. Sandy , case citation 17 Ohio St. 3d 45 1985 , was a legal case case decided by the Supreme Court of Ohio that first recognized the cause of action for the wrongful death of a fetus in that state. ref Henderson, J.A., et al. The Torts Process, Seventh Edition. Aspen Publishers, New York, NY 2007, p. 332 ref Decision The parents of a stillbirth stillborn fetus sued for wrongful death, and the trial court dismissed the complaint on the grounds that there was no such cause of action. The Supreme Court of Ohio held that a cause of action would lie. The court recognized several statutory indicators that a stillborn fetus might properly be considered a decedent, including clauses in the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act and the rule against perpetuities . The court also recognized the arbitrariness of allowing recovery for wrongful death caused by negligently inflicted prenatal injuries in the case where the death occurs shortly after a live birth and disallowing recovering when the death occurred shortly before birth. The court held that the wrongful death action would only lie for a viable fetus that was carried full term. ref Henderson, et al., p. 332 ref References reflist Category Negligence case law Category United States tort case law Category 1985 in United States case law Category Ohio state case law Category 1985 in Ohio ... more details
Infobox disease Name PAGENAME Image Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy intermed mag.jpg Width 250 Caption Intermediate magnification micrograph of the placental disc showing a thrombosed fetal vein, as may be seen in fetal thrombotic vasculopathy. H&E stain . DiseasesDB ICD10 ICD9 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy is a Chronic medicine chronic disorder characterized by thrombosis in the fetus leading to vascular obliteration and hypoperfusion . It is associated with cerebral palsy and stillbirth . ref name pmid10414494 Cite journal last1 Kraus first1 FT. last2 Acheen first2 VI. title Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy in the placenta cerebral thrombi and infarcts, coagulopathies, and cerebral palsy. journal Hum Pathol volume 30 issue 7 pages 759 69 month Jul year 1999 doi PMID 10414494 ref Diagnosis It can be diagnosed by histomorphologic examination of the placenta and is characterized by fetal vessel thrombosis and clustered fibrotic chorionic villi without blood vessel s. See also Hypertrophic decidual vasculopathy Related images gallery Image Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy low mag.jpg Low mag. Image Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy high mag.jpg High mag. Image Fetal thrombotic vasculopathy very high mag.jpg Very high mag. gallery References Reflist 1 Category Cerebral palsy Category Health issues in pregnancy ... more details
for organisms where the embryo develops inside the mother as opposed to an egg vivipary In human reproduction , a live birth occurs when a fetus , whatever its gestational age , exits the maternal body and subsequently shows any sign of life, such as voluntary muscle voluntary movement , Cardiac cycle heartbeat , or pulsation of the umbilical cord , for however brief a time and regardless of whether the umbilical cord or placenta are intact. ref World Health Organization. International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems. Tenth Revision. Vol 2. Geneva, Switzerland World Health Organization, 1993 129. ref This definition of the term live birth was created by the World Health Organization in 1950 and is chiefly used for public health and statistics statistical purposes. Whether the childbirth birth is vagina l or by Caesarean section , and whether the neonate is ultimately viable, is not relevant to this statistical definition. However, the term live birth was in common use long before 1950. ref http books.google.com books?num 100&q 22live birth 22 date 3A1500 1950&btnG Search Books&as brr 1 Search full view Google Books for live birth prior to the year 1950 . ref In the United States, the term born alive is defined by federal statute. ref http www.law.cornell.edu uscode uscode01 usc sec 01 00000008 000 .html 1 U.S.C. 8 ref See also Childbirth Perinatal death Stillbirth Intrapartum death Neonatal death Sudden infant death syndrome Abortion Elective abortion Anomalous pregnancy Ectopic pregnancy Molar pregnancy Spontaneous abortion Maternal death Born alive rule References references External links http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi science nature 7424281.stm Fossil reveals oldest live birth BBC News 28 May 2008 DEFAULTSORT Live Birth Category Obstetrics Category Demography de Lebendgeburt et Eluss nd ... more details
Infobox Disease Name Atelosteogenesis, type II Image Caption DiseasesDB 33349 ICD10 ICD9 ICDO OMIM 256050 MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID Atelosteogenesis, type II is a severe disorder of cartilage and bone development. It is extremely rare, and infants with the disorder are usually stillbirth stillborn , however those that that survive birth die soon after from Respiration physiology respiratory failure . Symptoms Infants born with this condition have very short arm s and leg s, a narrow chest, and a prominent, rounded abdomen . This disorder is also characterized by an opening in the roof of the mouth cleft palate , distinctive facial features, an inward and downward turning foot clubfoot , and unusually positioned thumbs hitchhiker thumbs . The signs and symptoms of atelosteogenesis, type 2 are similar to those of another skeletal disorder called diastrophic dysplasia . Atelosteogenesis, type 2 tends to be more severe, however. Genetics Image autorecessive.svg thumb right Atelosteogenesis, type II has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance. Atelosteogenesis, type 2 is one of a spectrum of skeletal disorders caused by mutations in the SLC26A2 gene. The protein made by this gene is essential for the normal development of cartilage and for its conversion to bone. Mutations in the SLC26A2 gene disrupt the structure of developing cartilage, preventing bones from forming properly and resulting in the skeletal problems characteristic of atelosteogenesis, type 2. This condition is an autosomal recessive disorder, which means the defective gene is located on an autosome , and two copies of the gene one from each parent must be inherited for a child to be born with the disorder. The parents of a child with an autosomal recessive disorder are not affected by disorder, but are carriers of one copy of the altered gene. References This article incorporates public domain text from http ghr.nlm.nih.gov The U.S. National Library of Medicine External links h ... more details
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