Abstract
Twenty infants and children with positive serologic tests for the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III) were noted to have similar features including growth failure (75%), microcephaly (70%), and craniofacial abnormalities consisting of ocular hypertelorism (50%); prominent box-like appearance of the forehead (75%); flat nasal bridge (70%); mild upward or downward obliquity of the eyes (65%); long palpebral fissures with blue sclerae (60%); short nose with flattened columella and well-formed, triangular philtrum (65%); and patulous lips (60%). These features constitute a new and distinct dysmorphic syndrome, the HTLV-III embryopathy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 638-640 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | American Journal of Diseases of Children |
Volume | 140 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1986 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health