Familial infantile cortical hyperostosis

✍ Scribed by L. Emmery; J. Timmermans; J. Christens; J. P. Fryns

• Book ID: 104777235
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 605 KB
• Volume: 141
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-6997
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00445672

✦ Synopsis

Infantile cortical hyperostosis occurred in three generations of a family affecting eight different members. As confirmed in this family, Caffey disease is an autosomal dominant disorder of unknown etiology, with incomplete penetrance and variable expression.