A five-generation family with occipital encephalocele.
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.
Zhao
Xiuhe
X
Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, 107 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, Shandong Province 250012, China.
Chi
Lingyi
L
Zhao
Yuying
Y
Chi
Zhaofu
Z
D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree