We describe in a five generation family four affected males with hydrocephalus (4 offspring/4 examined) due to aqueductal stenosis (3/3), symmetrical radial ray abnormalities (4/4), renal anomalies (2/3), anal atresia (3/4), hypoplastic penis/abnormal testes (2/ 3), and cardiac abnormalities (1/3).
Families with X-linked hydrocephalus
β Scribed by Patrick Willems
- Book ID
- 115089924
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 35 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0009-9163
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