title: A five-generation family with occipital encephalocele.
abstract: This study reports a Chinese family that has suffered from occipital encephalocele over five generations with a pattern of autosomal dominant inheritance. There were 113 family members in this family, and 21 of them had an occipital subscalp encephalocele. The patients with the disease showed normal or nearly normal neurological function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, 107 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, Shandong Province 250012, China.
authors.forename: Xiuhe
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Lingyi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: Yuying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Zhaofu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chi
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree