Article
[The clinical spectrum of focal dermal hypoplasia].
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete - 1 Nov 1995
Skaria A, Feldmann R, Hauser C
Abstract excerpt
Focal dermal hypoplasia (FHD) is an X chromosomal dominant inherited disease with unknown gene defect. FDH is characterized by ectodermal and mesodermal malformations. It is thought to be lethal in males; however, males may survive as mosaics or possibly as Klinefelter syndrome (XXY). When mosaicism involves the gonads the disease may be transmitted from father to child. In females, the abnormal phenotype is...
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