Idiopathic Hypoproteinaemic Oedema and Aminoaciduria in an Infant

Abstract

D.B., a boy aged I month, was admitted to Hillingdon Hospital on September 13, 1950. He was the fourth child, and had been born at home by a forceps deliver>. the birth weight being 10 lb. Swelling of the feet was noticed at birth, and four days before admission the legs had also become swollen. He had been entirely breast fed, but the mother thought that she had insufficient milk, and he had gained only 4 oz. over his birth weight. There had been no diarrhoea or vomiting.