Scalp defects, polythelia, microcephaly, and developmental delay: a new syndrome with apparent autosomal dominant inheritance.

Am J Med Genet

Human Genetics Program, Hayward Genetics Center and Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Published: April 2002

We report a family with apparent autosomal dominant inheritance of scalp defects, polythelia, microcephaly, and developmental delay. A review of the literature revealed no previous report of this combination of anomalies. We conclude that these patients have a new autosomal dominant syndrome.

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