title: Sotos syndrome--autosomal dominant inheritance substantiated.
abstract: Sotos syndrome, or Cerebral Gigantism is recognised as the syndromic association of mental retardation, macrocephaly and prenatal onset of accelerated growth. A kindred has been investigated in which the father and 4 affected offspring all have the Sotos syndrome. Autosomal dominant inheritance has been postulated in the past, and the family conform to this genetic pattern.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005877:Gigantism / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D013577:Syndrome