ELLIS-VANCREVELD SYNDROME IN A WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY - POSTAXIAL POLYDACTYLY AS A HETEROZYGOUS MANIFESTATION

被引：17

作者：

GOLDBLATT, J ^{[1
]}

MINUTILLO, C ^{[1
]}

PEMBERTON, PJ ^{[1
]}

HURST, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] PRINCESS MARGARET HOSP,NEONATAL INTENS CARE UNIT,PERTH,WA 6001,AUSTRALIA

来源：

MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA | 1992年 / 157卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.5694/j.1326-5377.1992.tb137137.x

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Objective: To report two children with Ellis-van Creveld syndrome in an extended kindred of Western Australian Aboriginal descent. Furthermore, to document two family members with isolated postaxial polydactyly of the feet as probable heterozygous manifestations of the Ellis-van Creveld gene. Clinical features: Male and female second cousins with short limbs, postaxial polydactyly and cardiac malformations are described. Conclusions: It is proposed that founder effect and random genetic drift resulted in a relatively high frequency of the Ellis-van Creveld gene in the Aboriginal people of Western Australia. In addition, further evidence is provided for the postulate that isolated postaxial polydactyly is a heterozygous manifestation of the gene.

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