title: X-linked mental retardation with bilateral clasped thumbs: report of another affected family.
abstract: A Sephardi Jewish family is reported in which the two brothers had mental retardation, lower limb spasticity and bilateral clasped thumbs anomaly. This X-linked recessive disorder has only been reported twice. We believe this syndrome comprises a distinct entity among the X-linked mental retardation syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hasharon Hospital, Petach-Tikvah, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Straussberg
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Blatt
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Katznelson
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014960:X Chromosome