BORJESON-FORSSMAN-LEHMANN-SYNDROME - 2 SEVERELY HANDICAPPED FEMALES IN A FAMILY

Authors
PETRIDOU M KIMISKIDIS V DELIGIANNIS K KAZIS A
Citation
M. Petridou et al., BORJESON-FORSSMAN-LEHMANN-SYNDROME - 2 SEVERELY HANDICAPPED FEMALES IN A FAMILY, Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 99(2), 1997, pp. 148-150
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Surgery
Journal title
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
03038467
Volume
99
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
148 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-8467(1997)99:2<148:B-2SHF>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We report on a case of Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome (BFS) in whi ch two sisters appear with the clinical picture of severe mental handi cap, dysmorphic features and grand mal seizures. Their mother presents the above symptomatology in a milder degree. It is one of the few rep orts in literature where females develop BFS in its typical clinical f orm. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.