Article
The early history of Pallister-Hall syndrome-Buried treasure of a sort.
Gene - 10 Sept 2016
Hall J G
Abstract excerpt
Pallister-Hall syndrome was initially recognized under fairly unique circumstances involving exhumation of the very first case. The first two cases had dramatic and unusual features including a hypothalamic hamartoblastoma, imperforate anus, an unusual type of polydactyly with the extra digit being central, hypopituitarism with secondary hypoadrenalism, and lethality after birth (probably due to hypoadrenalism)....
Topics
- Autopsy
- Exhumation
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Lethal
- Genetic Association Studies
- History, 20th Century
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors
- Male
- Mutation
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Pallister-Hall Syndrome
- Zinc Finger Protein Gli3
