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- Title
Harlequin fetus successfully treated with etretinate.
- Authors
Lawlor, Frances; Peiris, Sandra
- Abstract
A harlequin fetus seen at birth was treated with etretinate and more general measures, including careful attention to fluid balance, calorie intake and temperature control. She improved, continued to develop, and had survived to 5 months at the time of this report. A harlequin fetus was seen on the first day of life. She was the twelfth child of unrelated Bangladeshi parents and was the fifth harlequin fetus in the family (Fig. 1). The other four, two boys and two girls, died shortly after birth. Our patient was treated with etretinate, emollients and humidified temperature control and is reported because of her survival and encouraging progress.
- Subjects
KERATOSIS; CATTLE diseases; HARLEQUIN duck; BODY fluids; TEMPERATURE control; ETRETINATE; TRETINOIN; DERMATOLOGIC agents
- Publication
British Journal of Dermatology, 1985, Vol 112, Issue 5, p585
- ISSN
0007-0963
- Publication type
Article