title: Otolaryngologic manifestations of the ectodermal dysplasias--clinical note.
abstract: The recent formation of a national organization for ectodermal dysplasias has focused attention on this unusual congenital problem. In any rare condition, information dissemination is essential in order to appropriately educate the patients' families and the physicians caring for them. The otolaryngologist is a vital component of the health care team managing these patients. An overview of the disease process is presented with special emphasis placed on the role of the pediatric otolaryngologist in the care of children with ectodermal dysplasias.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004476:Ectodermal Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D010038:Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology