Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome in siblings

Acta Paediatr Hung. 1992;32(2):127-34.

Abstract

This paper presents two brothers with incomplete expression of the Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. A definite diagnosis, made after the birth of the second child, could only be reached when the clinical features of both patients were combined.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Chromosome Aberrations / diagnosis*
  • Chromosome Aberrations / genetics*
  • Chromosome Disorders
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Failure to Thrive / genetics*
  • Genes, Recessive / genetics
  • Genetic Counseling
  • Humans
  • Hypogonadism / genetics*
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Microcephaly / genetics*
  • Muscle Hypotonia / genetics
  • Syndrome