Reported is the case of a female infant whose early symptom of ophthalmoplegia (paralysis of one or more motor nerves in the eye) led to eventual diagnosis and treatment for maple syrup urine disease, a condition in which early dietary restrictions can prevent severe mental retardation and neurologic disability. (DB)

A 15-year-old male suffering from a heart defect, intestinal problems, and generalized fatigue was shown to have the immunologic deficiency characteristic of intestinal lymphangiectasia. (DB)

Presented was the medical case history of a 4 year old female suffering from saccharopinuria, a newly found disorder of lysine metabolism in man. (GW)

Reported was the occurrence of an intense grey-brown discoloration of the skin, serum, and urine, and anemia in a premature infant when phototherapy was used to reduce hyperbilirubinemia. (CB)

Healthy adolescents were compared with adolescents (mean age of both groups, 15) with various chronic or serious diseases on standardized measures of trait anxiety, self-esteem, and health locus of control (perception of self-control over health and illness). Journal availability: C. V. Mosby Co., 11830 Westline Industrial Dr., St. Louis, MO…