Gwinyai Masukume1. 1. Gwinyai Masukume, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, parturitions@gmail.com.
To the Editor: As someone with an interest in case reports (1-3), I read your editorial regarding the comeback of the case report with great interest (4). The three case reports that you published (5-7) are a great read. The case report by Nosan et al (6) mentions an “antimongoloid palpebral slant,” which is a term with pejorative connotations (8,9). A more informative and appropriate term would be downward-slanting palpebral fissures (10). One can only hope that with time inappropriate terms will disappear from medical discourse save for historical mention and medical journals should play a very important part in discouraging their use (11).
Authors: G Allen; C E Benda; J A Böök; C O Carter; C E Ford; E H Chu; E Hanhart; G Jervis; W Langdon-Down; J Lejeune; H Nishimura; J Oster; L S Penrose; P E Polani; E L Potter; C Stern; R Turpin; J Warkany; H Yannet Journal: Am J Hum Genet Date: 1961-12 Impact factor: 11.025
Authors: Vesna Stojanovic; Johannes A Mayr; Wolfgang Sperl; Nenad Barišić; Aleksandra Doronjski; Gordana Milak Journal: Croat Med J Date: 2013-12 Impact factor: 1.351