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A NEWBORN INFANT WITH CRANIOFACIAL DYSMORPHISM AND POLYSYNDACTYLY (GREIG'S SYNDROME)
Author(s) -
MERLOB P.,
GRUNEBAUM M.,
REISNER S. H.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1981.tb05557.x
Subject(s) - medicine , syndactyly , polydactyly , frontal bossing , craniofacial , facial dysmorphism , pediatrics , anatomy , genetics , biology , psychiatry , gene , phenotype
. Merlob, P., Grünebaum, M. and Reisner, S. H. (Departments of Neonatology and Paediatric Radiology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikvah, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel‐Aviv University, Israel). A newborn infant with craniofacial dysmorphism and polysyndactyly (Greig's Syndrome). Acta Paediatr Scand, 70:275, 1981___A newborn infant with craniofacial dysmorphism and polysyndactyly (Greig's Syndrome) is reported. This syndrome is manifested by postaxial Polydactyly of the fingers and preaxial Polydactyly of the toes, with syndactyly. The craniofacial dysmorphism is characterized by frontal bossing and other variable manifestations. X‐ray examination revealed markedly advanced bone age. The mode of inheritance appears to be autosomal dominant.