title: A Croatian case of the Schinzel-Giedion syndrome.
abstract: The Schinzel-Giedion syndrome is an infrequently described malformation syndrome, mainly characterized by a profound mental deficiency, a typical face including a midface hypoplasia, urogenital abnormalities, and minor radiographic features. Death prior to two year of age is the rule. A boy with typical features of the syndrome is described. He died at the age of 21 months. This is the first case of this syndrome reported from Croatia. The recurrence in only one of the 20 families, does not firmly sustain an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance, although this still remains possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Clinical Hospital Split, Croatia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Culić
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Resic
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Oorthuys
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Overweg-Plandsoen
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Hennekam
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome