Rubella | | When a baby is born with an extra 21 chromosome |
150,000 | | A missing or extra one of these affects sexual development and may cause infertility |
Reproduction | | 1% of babies are born of this disease which caues mental retardation |
Syphillis | | The stage where most birth defects occur |
Metobolic Disorder | | 1 in ____ babie are affected by fetal alcohol syndrome |
Yes | | The most common type of structural birth defects (1 baby in 125) |
pregnancy | | extra 18 and 13 chromosomes cause this and later, death |
Phenylketronuria | | a fatal disorder of lungs and other organs affecting mainly caucasians |
cystic fibrosis | | a blood clotting disorder |
Down Syndrome | | This affects 1in 3500 babies and detsroys brain cells because of a lack of enzymes |
Sex chromosome | | When the spine is exposed bast the epidermal layer affecting 1 in 2,000 babies |
Heart Defects | | this birth defect is mainly found in european jewish heritage |
Spina Bifida | | This is when a mother and a fathers and - blood do not mix |
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy | | This many babies are born wtih birth defects every year |
Tay-Sachs | | A defect causing progressive muscular weakness |
1000 | | A congenital infection that causes deafness, retardation, heart defects, and blindness |
hemophilia | | This is how babies are made, which also is where many birth defects are traded between parents |
Rh Factor | | Can some birth defects be prevented? |
Cytomegalovirus | | This STD causes stillbirth, newborn death, and bone defects in babies |
Multiple birth defects | | When a baby cannot process a part of proteins that affect brain development |