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Title: CHILD syndrome in a boy

Journal Article · · American Journal of Medical Genetics

CHILD syndrome (congential hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform nevus and limb defects) occurs, as a rule, exclusively in girls because of the underlying X-linked gene exerts a lethal effect on male embryos. In this report the characteristic manifestations of CHILD syndrome are described in a 2-year-old boy with a normal chromosome constitution 46,XY. This exceptional case is best explained by the assumption of an early somatic mutation and thus compatible with the concept of X-linked dominant male-lethal inheritance of this trait. 18 refs., 6 figs.

OSTI ID:
391068
Journal Information:
American Journal of Medical Genetics, Vol. 62, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: 15 Mar 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English