FAMILIAL LARYNGEAL WEB IN THREE GENERATIONS WITH PROBABLE AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT TRANSMISSION

We report a family with congenital anterior laryngeal web in three males and two females in three successive generations. The maternal grandmother of our proband had a spontaneous occurrence of the web, which subsequently was transmitted in a probable autosomal dominant pattern. A left vocal cord pa...

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Published inDysmorphology and clinical genetics : official publication of the Center for Birth Defects Information Services, Inc Vol. 2; p. 9
Main Authors Strakowski, Stephen M, Butler, Merlin G, Cheek, James W, Moore, William T, Netterville, James L, Phillips, 3rd, John A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 1988
Subjects
inheritance
congenital anterior glottic web
left vocal cord paralysis
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Summary:We report a family with congenital anterior laryngeal web in three males and two females in three successive generations. The maternal grandmother of our proband had a spontaneous occurrence of the web, which subsequently was transmitted in a probable autosomal dominant pattern. A left vocal cord paralysis was documented in two of the affected members.
ISSN:0893-6633