Volume 90 Number 1
Letters to the Editor
tation of the age at which measles immunization was given should be re-immunized. Lawrence A. R. Ross, M.D. RA M B L C Pediatric Medical Group 2420 Samaritan Dr. San Jose, CA 95124 Anne S. Yeager, M.D. Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA REFERENCES
1. Plotkin SA: Failures of protection by measles vaccine, J PEDIA'rR 82:908, 1973. 2. Yeager AS, Davis JH, Ross LAR, et al: An evaluation of measles immunization: successes and failures, JAMA (in press). 3. Ankerst J, Christensen P, Kjellen L, et al: A routine diagnostic test for IgA antibodies to rubella virus: Absorption of Ig G with staphylococcus aureus, J Infect Dis 130:268, 1974. 4. Schluederberg A, Lamm SH, Landrigan PJ, et al: Measles immunity in children vaccinated before one year of age, Am J Epidemiol 97:402, 1973.
Oligohydramnios syndrome and esophageal atresia To the Editor: The oligohydramnios syndrome frequently accompanies renal agenesis, but may be absent if obstruction to fetal swallowing coexists? Defects in fetal swallowing could compensate for fetal anuria, preventing oligohydramnios and its effects on the fetus. The oligohydramnios syndrome appearing in an infant with renal dysplasia and esophageal atresia suggests a variable volume balance between fetal micturition and swallowing. CASE REPORT A 15-year-old mother denied recent weight gain or abdominal swelling. Membranes ruptured just before delivery as evidenced by passage of very little amniotic fluid. Estimated gestational age was 36 weeks, weight 1,700 gm, length 42 cm, and frontoccipital circumference 28.5 cm (all
Letters to the Editor
tation of the age at which measles immunization was given should be re-immunized. Lawrence A. R. Ross, M.D. RA M B L C Pediatric Medical Group 2420 Samaritan Dr. San Jose, CA 95124 Anne S. Yeager, M.D. Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA REFERENCES
1. Plotkin SA: Failures of protection by measles vaccine, J PEDIA'rR 82:908, 1973. 2. Yeager AS, Davis JH, Ross LAR, et al: An evaluation of measles immunization: successes and failures, JAMA (in press). 3. Ankerst J, Christensen P, Kjellen L, et al: A routine diagnostic test for IgA antibodies to rubella virus: Absorption of Ig G with staphylococcus aureus, J Infect Dis 130:268, 1974. 4. Schluederberg A, Lamm SH, Landrigan PJ, et al: Measles immunity in children vaccinated before one year of age, Am J Epidemiol 97:402, 1973.
Oligohydramnios syndrome and esophageal atresia To the Editor: The oligohydramnios syndrome frequently accompanies renal agenesis, but may be absent if obstruction to fetal swallowing coexists? Defects in fetal swallowing could compensate for fetal anuria, preventing oligohydramnios and its effects on the fetus. The oligohydramnios syndrome appearing in an infant with renal dysplasia and esophageal atresia suggests a variable volume balance between fetal micturition and swallowing. CASE REPORT A 15-year-old mother denied recent weight gain or abdominal swelling. Membranes ruptured just before delivery as evidenced by passage of very little amniotic fluid. Estimated gestational age was 36 weeks, weight 1,700 gm, length 42 cm, and frontoccipital circumference 28.5 cm (all
