Dandy-Walker malformation with postaxial polydactyly: Further evidence for autosomal recessive inheritance
✍ Scribed by Cavalcanti, D.P.; Salom�o, M.A.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 9 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
- DOI
- 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19990716)85:2<183::aid-ajmg15>3.0.co;2-4
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✦ Synopsis
We describe an infant with Dandy-Walker malformation and tetramelic postaxial polydactyly type 1A. Parental consanguinity reinforces previous suggestions for autosomal recessive inheritance. Am. J. Med. Genet. 85:183-184, 1999.
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