Familial congenital diaphragmatic defect: transmission from father to daughter.
The first well-documented incidences of familial congenital diaphragmatic defects in two generations are reported. The transmission was from father to daughter; both cases showed an almost identical history. These findings are supporting the proposed multifactorial inheritance theory.
Frey
P
P
Department of Paediatric Surgery University Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
Glanzmann
R
R
Nars
P
P
Herzog
B
B
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography