New lethal acrofacial dysostosis syndrome
β Scribed by Hecht, Jacqueline T.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 48 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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β¦ Synopsis
I read with interest the papers by Rodriquez et al. [1990] and F'ryns andKleckowska [1991] describing a lethal acrofacial dysostosis. These cases are similar to those described in 1987 by Hecht et al. in which two sibs had the same pattern of anomalies and one subsequently died of respiratory insufficiency. This condition is distinct from the Nager syndrome. Our report and that of of Rodriquez et al. [1990] with 3 affected sibs confirm an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance of this lethal acrofacial dysostosis.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
We report on a family in which a previously undescribed acrofacial dysostosis syndrome is segregating as an autosomal dominant trait. Craniofacial manifestations are those of mild mandibulofacial dysostosis and are quite constant among affected relatives. The acral abnormalities are quite variable,