title: Familial congenital diaphragmatic defect: review and conclusions.
abstract: Seventeen reports dealing with familial congenital diaphragmatic defect are reviewed briefly. There are only weak hints of heterogeneity between sporadic and familial cases. It is concluded that multifactorial inheritance is the most likely explanation for the observed familial incidence of this malformation.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D010641:Phenotype; D012737:Sex Factors; D012744:Sex Ratio