Diseases

Congenital Rubella Syndrome

Transplacental infection of the fetus with rubella usually in the first trimester of pregnancy, as a consequence of maternal infection, resulting in various developmental abnormalities in the newborn infant. They include cardiac and ocular lesions, deafness, microcephaly, mental retardation, and generalized growth retardation. (From Dorland, 27th ed)

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Abstract

Transplacental infection of the fetus with rubella usually in the first trimester of pregnancy, as a consequence of maternal infection, resulting in various developmental abnormalities in the newborn infant. They include cardiac and ocular lesions, deafness, microcephaly, mental retardation, and generalized growth retardation. (From Dorland, 27th ed)

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5 entry terms
  • Rubella Syndrome, Congenital
  • Syndrome, Congenital Rubella
  • Congenital Rubella Syndromes
  • Rubella Syndromes, Congenital
  • Syndromes, Congenital Rubella

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

caused by a rubivirus; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; restrict to syndrome: see MeSH definition; otherwise RUBELLA /congen permitted

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History Note

91(87); was see under RUBELLA 1987-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Rubella/congenital (1966-1986)
  • Syndrome (1972-1986)

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  1. C01w.925w.782.930.700.700w.700w
  2. C16w.131w.077w.790w

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QS 675

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Congenital Rubella Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012410. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012410
  2. Congenital Rubella Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congenital_rubella_syndrome
  3. Congenital Rubella Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1724539