Interstitial Deletion of 3q21 in a Kuwaiti Child with Multiple Congenital Anomalies-Expanding the Phenotype.

Interstitial deletions in the long arm of chromosome 3, although relatively rare, have previously been reported to be associated with several congenital anomalies and developmental delays. Around 11 individuals with interstitial deletion spanning the region 3q21 were reported to have overlapping phenotypes, including craniofacial dysmorphism, global developmental delay, skeletal manifestations, hypotonia, ophthalmological abnormalities, brain anomalies (mainly agenesis of corpus callosum), genitourinary tract anomalies, failure to thrive and microcephaly. We present a male individual from Kuwait with a 5.

Neonatal follow-up programs in Canada: A national survey.

Background: A 2006 Canadian survey showed a large variability in neonatal follow-up practices. In 2010, all 26 tertiary level Neonatal Follow-Up clinics joined the Canadian Neonatal Follow-Up Network (CNFUN) and agreed to implement a standardized assessment (including the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-III (Bayley-III) at 18 months corrected age for children born < 29 weeks' gestation. It is unknown whether the variability in follow-up practices lessened as a result.

Encephalitis-associated pandemic A (H1N1) 2009 in a Kuwaiti girl.

Objective: To report an 11-year-old girl with encephalitis-associated pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus infection.

Clinical Presentation And Intervention: An 11-year-old girl presented with a 6-day history of influenza-like illness followed by an altered mental status for 1 day. She tested positive for pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus by PCR of her nasal swab.