Escobar syndrome in three male patients of same family

We describe three male individuals from a consanguineous south Indian family affected with the multiple pterygium syndrome (Escobar syndrome). Common clinical features included short stature, multiple pterygium, skeletal anomalies, and normal intelligence. The first report of this condition was made...

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian journal of human genetics 2011-01, Vol.17 (1), p.22-25
Hauptverfasser: Amalnath, Deepak S, Subrahmanyam, D.K.S, Sridhar, S, Dutta, T.K
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Zusammenfassung:We describe three male individuals from a consanguineous south Indian family affected with the multiple pterygium syndrome (Escobar syndrome). Common clinical features included short stature, multiple pterygium, skeletal anomalies, and normal intelligence. The first report of this condition was made in 1902 from this same place (Pondicherry) and the disease received its present popular name Escobar syndrome in 1982. The genetic defect for this condition was identified in 2006 as mutation in the fetal acetylcholine receptor.
ISSN:0971-6866
1998-362X
DOI:10.4103/0971-6866.82188