Since 1941, when Gregg first described the triad of deafness, cataracts and cardiac disease as the classical clinical manifestations of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), strong efforts have been ...

Medically reviewed by Andrew Greenberg, MD It is a common belief that cataracts only occur in the eyes of older people.

such as thrombocytopenic purpura or cataracts. Diagnosis of congenital rubella requires virologic or serologic confirmation. The virus can be isolated for up to one year or more from the ...

Richter said. Image Elsa Sjunneson, a disability rights activist, was born with congenital rubella resulting in cataracts in both eyes, a heart defect and hearing loss.Credit...Dave Sanders for ...

Congenital cataracts are a leading cause of blindness in children, affecting around 200,000 children around the world every year. It is thought around half of cases are due to genetic mutations whilst ...

Parkman and his colleagues discovered, had rubella ... gave birth to babies with cataracts and heart defects. Maternal rubella was quickly linked also to congenital deafness and intellectual ...