title: The acrocallosal syndrome in a Turkish boy.
abstract: A 6 month old Turkish boy with the acrocallosal syndrome is reported. The patient, born to consanguineous, healthy parents, presented with macrocephaly, a prominent forehead, hypertelorism, polydactyly of the fingers and toes, severe motor and mental retardation, hypotonia, and absence of the corpus callosum. The mode of inheritance is discussed and our case is compared with previously reported cases of the syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Genetics, University of Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yüksel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caliskan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oğur
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozmen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dolunay
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Apak
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D061085:Agenesis of Corpus Callosum; D003241:Consanguinity; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008297:Male; D009123:Muscle Hypotonia; D013577:Syndrome; D014034:Toes / Q000002:abnormalities