title: Short limbed dwarfism, genital hypoplasia, sparse hair, and vertebral anomalies: a variant of Ellis-van Creveld syndrome?
abstract: A male newborn with acromesomelic short limbed dwarfism, genital hypoplasia, and vertebral anomalies is reported. As the child had an important number of clinical and radiological symptoms seen in patients with Ellis-van Creveld syndrome, we raise the question of whether he may represent a variant example of this syndrome despite the absence of cardinal symptoms such as postaxial polydactyly and ectodermal changes (nail hypoplasia).
authors: Centre for Human Genetics, Leuven, Belgium.
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Fryns
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Moerman
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000235:genetics*; D004613:Ellis-Van Creveld Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006197:Hair / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype