Table 2.

Features of the congenital rubella syndrome resemble those of hypervitaminosis A-associated embryopathy and other effects.

Features	Congenital Rubella Syndrome	Hypervitaminosis A-Associated Effects
Cataract	+	+
Microphthalmia	+	+
Retinopathy	+	+
Bulging fontanelle	+	+
Intrauterine growth restriction	+	+
Seizures	+	+
Hearing defects	+	+
Heart defects, including Patent Ductus Arteriosus	+	+
Microcephaly	+	+
Cognitive deficits, behavioral and speech disorders	+	+
Hepatitis/jaundice	+	+
Hepatosplenomegaly	+	+
Bone lesions/osteoporosis	+	+
Type 1 diabetes mellitus	+	+
Thyroiditis	+	+
Encephalitis/Encephalopathy	+	+

References. Rubella: [7,11,31,74,89]; Hypervitaminosis A: [43,45,57,58,59,60,61,85,87,90,91,92,93].