Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome: review and report of two affected siblings

Z Kinderheilkd. 1975;119(4):221-34. doi: 10.1007/BF00443506.

Abstract

This paper reports two siblings with the Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome and reviews the literature on the subject. SLOS is a syndrome of multiple congenital anomalies with mental and growth retardation, unusual facies, genito-urinary and hand and foot abnormalities inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dermatoglyphics
  • Facial Expression
  • Female
  • Genes, Recessive
  • Growth Disorders / complications
  • Humans
  • Hypospadias / complications
  • Intellectual Disability / complications
  • Kidney / abnormalities
  • Male
  • Microcephaly / complications
  • Phenotype
  • Pregnancy
  • Psychomotor Disorders
  • Pyloric Stenosis / complications
  • Pylorus / surgery
  • Syndactyly / complications
  • Syndrome