Although jejunal atresia occasionally may occur with a familial patter
n, an association with renal disease has not been described. The autho
rs report on three family members treated over two generations, all of
whom had both proximal jejunal atresia and renal; dysplasia. This ass
ociation was most likely inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Cop
yright (C) 1996 by W.B. Saunders Company