Microtia has been associated with certain medications taken during pregnancy--particularly anticonvulsants, which are drugs given to treat epilepsy, and isotretinoin, a drug prescribed for severe acne.
spina bifida
Not to be taken during pregnancy.
Neural tube defects.
Your baby would get the DNA test for paternity after it is born. If you are at risk for a genetic defect, then your doctor would discuss that with you during your pregnancy.
mental retardTION
Spina bifida which is caused by a folic acid deficiency in the mother's diet.
PPHN is a birth defect caused by antidepressant drugs like Zoloft, Paxil, Prozac and more. A child can be born with PPHN if his mother takes Zoloft, for example, during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Not to be used during pregnancy. Not to be confused with the French marigold Tagetes patula which is an insect repellant.
An omphalocele is a defect that can be viewed on sonogram during an ultrasound performed while the mother is pregnant
what happens during meiosis that results in a defect characterized by the deletion of chromosomes
The second and third operations are done to shape the ear lobe and to raise the new ear into its final position.
The surgeon works from a template derived from photographs and computer models when he or she carves the cartilage into the desired shape.