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What Is The Prognosis Of Calcium Deposit On A New Born S Brain?

My neices newborn has calcium deposits on her brain caused by a herpes type infection contracted in the first trimester. The doctors are saying she probably has a syndrome beginning with ??C I wanted to look it up but she cannot give me any more information at present
Wed, 31 Jan 2018
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Hello... probably your doctors are suggesting that your baby might have got congenital rubella syndrome.

It is one of the many possibilities but as you have told that it starts with C I am trying to give a clue to you.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth Amperayani
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What Is The Prognosis Of Calcium Deposit On A New Born S Brain?

Hello... probably your doctors are suggesting that your baby might have got congenital rubella syndrome. It is one of the many possibilities but as you have told that it starts with C I am trying to give a clue to you. Regards - Dr. Sumanth Amperayani