One commentator in a Ripper chat group said that the abnormality referred to was the result of syphilis.
Birth defects or congenital abnormalities refer to anything abnormal that is present, though not necessarily obvious, at birth.
In this study, observed abnormalities referred to all abnormal toxicological endpoints including retarded development, for example, coagulated eggs, malformation, no extension of tail at 24 hpf, no spontaneous movements within 20 s, no heartbeat, no blood circulation and weak pigmentation, heart sac edema, spine deformation, and hatching rate.
In addition to atrophy, about 40% of patients present with developmental abnormalities (referred to as malrotation) characterized by atypical morphologies of the hippocampus and collateral sulcus.
In this context, neurocognitive abnormalities refer to mental functions that are mediated by brain processes; these mental functions are not directly observable, but may be manipulated and measured using experimental paradigms.
Today SSS (also called sinus node dysfunction, SND) refers to abnormalities in sinus node impulse formation and propagation, including sinus bradycardia, sinus pause/arrest, chronotropic incompetence, and sinoatrial exit block [2].
Our Prenatal diagnostic center, Perinatal center and Ultrasound Laboratory is a referral unit to which pregnant women with suspected fetal abnormality are referred to.
LV diastolic dysfunction refers to an abnormality of diastolic distensibility, filling, or relaxation of the LV [ 23].
The 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome (22q11.2 deletion syndrome -22q11.2DS) refers to congenital abnormalities, including primarily heart defects and facial dysmorphy, thymic hypoplasia, cleft palate and hypocalcaemia.
The term "critical CNVs" refers to all chromosomal abnormalities detected or confirmed by G-banded karyotype and/or fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses, as well as those subtle CNVs (≥25 kb) which have not been detected by conventional methods, but involve one or more OMIM genes as outlined previously.
