Article
Focal dermal hypoplasia without focal dermal hypoplasia.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Mar 2014
Contreras-Capetillo Silvina N, Lombardi Maria Paola, Pinto-Escalante Doris, Hennekam Raoul C
Abstract excerpt
Focal dermal hypoplasia (FDH; Goltz-Gorlin syndrome) is an X-linked dominant disorder affecting mainly tissues of ectodermal and mesodermal origin. The phenotype is characterized by hypoplastic linear skin lesions, eye malformations, hair and teeth anomalies, and multiple limbs malformations. The disorder is caused by PORCN mutations. Here we describe a mother and daughter with FDH in whom a c.938T>G in PORCN was...
Topics
- Acyltransferases
- Adult
- Bone and Bones
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Focal Dermal Hypoplasia
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Radiography
- Skin
