Ciliary and superciliary hypotrichosis. A distinct autosomal dominant trait.
A woman and her four children showed congenital sparse eyebrows, short, thin, misplaced and very scanty upper eyelashes and absent lower eyelashes. Erosion of the corneal epithelium was a common complication. This report confirms the condition as an autosomal dominant disorder.
D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000235:genetics*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000235:genetics; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000235:genetics; D005138:Eyebrows / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005140:Eyelashes / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D007039:Hypotrichosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000235:genetics*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male