| Title | Asymmetric crying facies with microcephaly and mental retardation. An autosomal dominant syndrome with variable expressivity. | | Author(s) | Silengo MC, Bell GL, Biagioli M, Guala A, Bianco R, Strandoni P, De Sario PN, Franceschini P | | Source | Clin Genet 1986 Dec; 30(6):481-4. | | MeSH | Abnormalities, Multiple
Crying
Facial Asymmetry
Female
Genes, Dominant
Heart Defects, Congenital
Humans
Infant
Male
Mental Retardation
Microcephaly
Pedigree
Syndrome
| | Abstract | An infant boy with asymmetric crying facies, microcephaly, developmental retardation and failure to thrive is reported. His two siblings died in the newborn period because of complex congenital heart defects. The mother and the maternal grandmother have asymmetric crying facies, microcephaly and normal intelligence. A maternal aunt has severe physical and mental retardation, facial asymmetry, microcephaly, and cleft palate. This family allows an expansion of the spectrum of malformations associated with asymmetric crying facies and suggests autosomal dominant inheritance with variable expressivity. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 3815881 |
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