Abstract
Although fetal infection is one of the commonly recognized causes of fetal growth retardation, the effects of congenital syphilis on antenatal growth have not been published. A quantitative, morphologic study of 36 stillborn and newborn infants with congenital syphilis was undertaken. Despite considerable evidence of tissue destruction, body growth, organ growth, and cellular growth were near normal in the infants as a group.
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