Rarer still are the cases of congenital glaucoma, a defect that results in improper development of the drainage system before birth.
Ms. Taveras's son, Krys Anthony, who is being treated for an infection at St . Marys Hospital for Children in Queens, was born with a genetic defect that resulted in the loss of most of his small intestine.
Ms. Taveras, 23, said she tried to do everything right when her son, Krys Anthony, was born with a genetic defect that resulted in his losing most of his small intestine.
Kendall's stroke was a result of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM), a rare defect that results in a tangle of abnormal blood vessels that disrupt the normal flow of blood.
After a CT scan revealed sagittal craniosynostosis, a birth defect that results in premature closure of the bones in a baby's head, Lucy was referred to a pediatric neurosurgeon at the University of Virginia.
Most people who contract it have either mild or no symptoms, but it is suspected of causing a birth defect that results in babies born with abnormally small heads.
Adopted from Nicaragua when he was 2, my son had suffered from malnutrition and a health-sapping heart defect that resulted in short-term memory loss, along with a host of other issues.
She has studied microcephaly, a growth defect that results in abnormally small brain size, and is also interested in what can make brains grow too big, which, contrary to what you might expect, is not a good thing and is linked to neurological disorders such as autism.
Interestingly, the lung defect that resulted from RA-deficiency could be reproduced in RA-sufficient foreguts by hyperactivating Tgfbeta signaling with exogenous TGF beta 1. Preventing activation of endogenous Tgfbeta signaling with a pan-specific TGFbeta-blocking antibody allowed bud formation and gene expression in the lung field of both Raldh2-null and BMS493-treated foreguts.
The suit alleges that early runs of the devices "contained a design or manufacturing defect that resulted in excessive scratching".
