Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata (RCDP) is a rare, peroxisome-related disorder deficient in the synthesis of ether phospholipids such as plasmalogens. Patients with RCDP have clinical features of ...

An infant boy weighing 1350 g was born at 29 weeks gestation to a 36-year-old gravid 4, para 2, mother. The mother had multiple medical problems, including a seizure disorder, for which she was being ...

Chondrodysplasia punctata was diagnosed in a 22-week-old fetus. This heterogeneous condition involves genetic defects in peroxisomal, cholesterol, or vitamin K metabolism and acquired embryopathies ...

Pacific beetle-mimic cockroaches may look much like other cockroaches, but they do something no other cockroach does: they give birth to live young. Instead of laying eggs, Diploptera punctata females ...