Hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
Altmeyer, P.; Schindera, I.
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift für Dermatologie Venerologie und verwandte Gebiete 26(12): 631-637
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-8470 PMID: 1213883 Document Number: 93521
This paper reports a family with typical features of hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (h.e.d.). Although some members of the family showed phenotypical similarities to anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, there is no doubt about the classification of this disorder into hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia because of its manifest symptomatology (hypo- and dystrichosis deformity of nails, autosomal-dominant heredity, normal sweating). This suggests that the phenotypical similarities are obvious and important findings of h.e.d.