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Infant, Newborn, Diseases

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Definition: Diseases of newborn infants present at birth (congenital) or developing within the first month of birth. It does not include hereditary diseases not manifesting at birth or within the first 30 days of life nor does it include inborn errors of metabolism. Both HEREDITARY DISEASES and METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS are available as general concepts.  IM GEN only; for specific dis in newborn inf use specific dis (IM) + check tag INFANT, NEWBORN; do not use /compl /congen; check the tag INFANT, NEWBORN: Manual 18.5.10; relation to /congen: Manual 19.8.18, 23.21+; TN 109: relation to other Cat C16 terms   
See Also Congenital Abnormalities
Examples Amniotic Band Syndrome; Anemia, Neonatal; Asphyxia Neonatorum; Birth Injuries; Cystic Fibrosis; Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal; Erythroblastosis, Fetal; Hernia, Umbilical; Hydrophthalmos; Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal; Hyperostosis, Cortical, Congenital; Ichthyosis; Infant, Premature, Diseases; Meconium Aspiration Syndrome; Mobius Syndrome; Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome; Nystagmus, Congenital; Ophthalmia Neonatorum; Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome; Persistent Hyperinsulinemia Hypoglycemia of Infancy; Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome; Sclerema Neonatorum; Severe Combined Immunodeficiency; Syphilis, Congenital; Thanatophoric Dysplasia; Thrombocytopenia, Neonatal Alloimmune; Toxoplasmosis, Congenital; Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding; Wolman Disease

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