Volume : V, Issue : X, October - 2016

Plastic Baby with Rubber DollLike Skin

Akoijam Mamata Devi

Abstract :

 Background: Plastic baby are those babies who looks like a rubber doll and sheds skin like that of reptile scales at birth. It is also known as the collodion baby which is a descriptive term for the infant, born encased in a tight shiny memane that resembles plastic wrap1. Method: This article explains the incidence, causes, pathogenesis, signs & symptoms and various recent treatment modalities for plastic baby. Result: Unfortunately, most of people are unaware that this types baby can be born and till now only 2 cases are report in India. Conclusion: Recent advancement in the understanding of the causative genetic defects making DNA–based prenatal diagnosis is now possible, using chorionic villus or amniotic fluid sampling procedures early in pregnancy, with a lower risk to fetal health and with a reduced burden on the parents

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

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Akoijam Mamata Devi Plastic Baby with Rubber DollLike Skin International Journal of Scientific Research,Volume : 5 | Issue : 10 | October 2016

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