A cluster of microvillous inclusion disease in the Navajo population.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(99)70380-x

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A cluster of microvillous inclusion disease in the Navajo population.

The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Jan 1999

Pohl J F, Shub M D, Trevelline E E, Ingebo K, Silber G, Rayhorn N, Holve S, Hu D

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We report 4 unrelated patients with characteristic microscopic findings of microvillous inclusion disease (MID) with early-onset phenotype. All 4 patients came from the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona. A literature search revealed a fifth unrelated Navajo child with MID. The unusually high...

Topics

Arizona
Birth Weight
Cytomegalovirus Infections
Female
Gestational Age
Humans
Indians, North American
Infant, Newborn
Male
Microvilli
Phenotype

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