Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-2plfb Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-20T14:31:01.289Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Cutis Verticis Gyrata. Thyroaplasia and Mental Deficiency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Hans Olof Åkesson*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Clinic, St. Jörgen Hospital, University of Göteborg (Sverige)

Summary

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

A man of 32 is described suffering from a combination of three disorders: cutis verticis gyrata, severe mental deficiency and aplasia of the thyroid. Four of his close relatives were also severely retarded. The possibility is discussed of the syndrome being inherited through an X-linked recessive gene.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1965

References

1. Åkesson, H. O.: Cutis verticis gyrata and mental deficiency in Sweden I. Epidemiologic and clinical aspects. Acta med. scand., 1964, 175: 115.Google Scholar
2. Åkesson, H. O.: Cutis verticis gyrata and mental deficiency in Sweden II. Genetic aspects. Acta med. scand., 1965, in press.Google Scholar
3. McDowall, T. W.: Case of abnormal development of the scalp J. ment. Sci., 1893, 39: 62.Google Scholar
4. Fiocco: cit. Spinz, O.: Cutis verticis gyrata. Arch. Derm. Syph. (Wien) 1921, 132: 281.Google Scholar