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3 unusual facts about congenital disorder


Congenital disorder

Isotretinoin (13-cis-retinoic-acid; brand name Roaccutane), which is often used to treat severe acne, is such a strong teratogen that just a single dose taken by a pregnant woman may result in serious birth defects.

Joanna Jepson

Jepson was born with a congenital jaw defect - her top jaw stuck out by eight millimetres and her lower jaw hung down into her neck.

Unc-5

When testing the effect of unc-5::intron::unc-5 transgene on a mislocalization defect in UNC-5 mutant animals at 25°C a significant rescue of the mislocalization defect was observed.


Health care provider

Female health workers are exposed to hazardous drugs and chemicals in the workplace which may cause adverse reproductive outcomes such as spontaneous abortion and congenital malformations.

Kettleman Hills Hazardous Waste Facility

In 2009, Greenaction alleged that there was a cluster of birth defects in Kettleman City, after five infants were born with cleft lip and/or palate between September 2007 and November 2008.

SENSOR-Pesticides

In February 2005, three infants were born with birth defects to migrant farmworkers within eight weeks of each other in Collier County, Florida.


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