Examined were eight patients with cerebro-hepato-renal syndrome of Zellweger (associated with severe cerebral dysfunction, hypotonia and unusual appearance). (CL)

Presented are case studies of two children, 2-and 14 years-old, with widely differing manifestations of B-glucuronidase deficiency: one child was severly retarded with multiple anomalies, the other child exhibited milder symptoms with cardiovasculor involvement. (CL)

Compared were cardiac characteristics (atrial septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, entricular septal defect, or endocardial cusion defects) in 69 children with Down's syndrome (mongolism) and 315 non-Downs children with similar cardiac anomalies. (DB)

Reported were statistics on treatment and followup services to be arranged from public and private sources for crippled children for fiscal years 1969-1970 and 1970-1971 in the state of Michigan. The state is said to have 50,535 known cases of crippled children. Eleven tables provided data on the number of crippled children in Michigan by county;…

Thyroid abnormalities were studies in seven boys and three girls, 4- to 17-years-old, with Noonan's syndrome, characterized by mental retardation, ocular anomalies (wide spaced eyes, drooped eye lids, or strabismus), heart lesions, characteristics of Turner's syndrome, and normal karyotypes (chromosome arrangement). (MC)

Evaluated by radiography was tongue size relative to the mouth cavity in eight children from 5 to 15 years of age with Down's syndrome. (DB)

Serum immunoglobulin E was measured by double antibody radioimmunoassay in 32 children with bronchiolitis and 30 age-matched control subjects. (Author)

In an 8-week double-blind comparison, haloperidol reduced the severity of the target symptoms impulsiveness, hostility, and aggressiveness in significantly more mentally retarded children than did chlorpromazine. (Author)