PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Riccardi, V M
AU  - Grum, C M
TI  - The prune belly anomaly: heterogeneity and superficial X-linkage mimicry.
AID  - 10.1136/jmg.14.4.266
DP  - 1977 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Genetics
PG  - 266--270
VI  - 14
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/14/4/266.short
4100  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/14/4/266.full
SO  - J Med Genet1977 Aug 01; 14
AB  - The genetic, clinical, and necropsy findings of 2 brothers with the prune belly anomaly are presented and the literature reviewed. The combined data emphasise the clinical and genetic heterogeneity of the disorder and show that in at least some instances a heritable component may be the primary insult. The most likely heritable explanation involves a two-step autosomal dominant mutation with sex-limited expression that partially mimics X-linkage.