The human parainfluenza viruses are common causes of upper and lower respiratory tract infection; however, nonrespiratory infections with human parainfluenza viruses are rare, and there are no reports of pediatric cases of liver enzyme elevation. We present 2 pediatric patients who developed liver enzyme elevation related to human parainfluenza virus type 3 infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: An X-linked ZC4H2 variant is associated with a variety of phenotypes that have abnormalities related to external malformation and neurodevelopment. There have been no reports on severe respiratory dysfunction resulting in surgical treatments not being possible due to the deformity resulting from in this disease. Here we report a female with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita with a severe respiratory complication.
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