BILATERAL ULNA HYPOPLASIA, CLUB FEET, AND MENTAL-RETARDATION - A NEW MESOMELIC SYNDROME

Authors
KOHN G MALINGER G ELSHAWWA R SCHEINFELD A TEPPER R ORNOY A LACHMAN R RIMOIN DL
Citation
G. Kohn et al., BILATERAL ULNA HYPOPLASIA, CLUB FEET, AND MENTAL-RETARDATION - A NEW MESOMELIC SYNDROME, American journal of medical genetics, 56(2), 1995, pp. 132-135
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
American journal of medical genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01487299
Volume
56
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
132 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-7299(1995)56:2<132:BUHCFA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We report on 2 sibs with a previously unreported type of mesomelia of the upper limbs due to ulnar hypoplasia. Prenatal diagnosis was made b y ultrasound during one pregnancy and an affected fetus was confirmed. This family documents a previously unreported autosomal recessive syn drome. (C) 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.