" First the virus passes through the placenta affecting embryonic cells which are then
abnormal and fail to reproduce normally and secondly the infected cells continue to excrete …

I was surprised to note that sensorineural deafness was not mentioned in the diagnostic
criteria of congenital rubella syndrome in the statement of the Canadian Paediatric Society …

This is a review from the Birth Defects centre, Children's Memorial Hospital, Oklahoma, of 22
infants who suffered from congenital rubella after the 1964 outbreak of rubella in the USA …

In this issue of the Journal (page 484) there appears a comprehensive, authoritative article
on rubella by Middleton and his colleagues, who are all experienced in the diagnosis …

Cataracts, cardiac defects, microcephaly, and deafness, either singly or in combination, are
well-known features of the congenital rubella syndrome. Several reports following the recent …

THE unfortunate rubella epidemic of 1964–1965 left a legacy of deformed children born to
women who were exposed to or contracted the disease during pregnancy. The teratogenic …

Twenty years have now passed since Sir NormanGregg (1941) first drew attention to the
connection between rubella in the pregnant woman and the production of congenital …

39 children aged 8 months to 4 years and 11 months, suffering from congenital defects due
to maternal rubella, were assessed audiometrically at a speech and hearing centre; all had …

A number of infections occurring in pregnancy may lead to foetal damage, but the most
important in human medicine are those caused by rubella virus. It is now well established …

SIR,-May I add two comments to your valuable leader on the recently described
manifestations of congenital rubella defects (11 December, p. 1382)? The terms" expanded …