title: Unknown syndrome: mental retardation with postaxial polydactyly, congenital absence of hair, severe seborrhoeic dermatitis, and Perthes' disease of the hip.
abstract: We report a six year old male with mental retardation, postaxial polydactyly and syndactyly, atrichia congenita totalis, severe seborrhoeic dermatitis, recurrent staphylococcal skin sepsis, and Perthes' disease of the hip. His birth may have resulted from an incestuous mating.
authors.affiliation: Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garrett
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Tripp
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D012628:Dermatitis, Seborrheic / Q000235:genetics*; D005271:Femur Head Necrosis / Q000235:genetics*; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006197:Hair / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D007873:Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome; D014034:Toes / Q000002:abnormalities*