title: Familial congenital diaphragmatic defect: transmission from father to daughter.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery University Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Glanzmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nars
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herzog
mesh_terms: 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