title: Alopecia-mental retardation syndrome associated with convulsions and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism.
abstract: We report two brothers with congenital total alopecia, mental retardation, childhood convulsions and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. This association has not previously been reported and probably represents a new autosomal recessive condition.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Human Genetics, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Devriendt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van den Berghe
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fryns
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007006:Hypogonadism / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*