| The 19q13.11 microdeletion has characteristics of several major features including pre and postnatal growth retardation, slender habitus, severe postnatal feeding difficulties, microcephaly, intellectual deficit with speech disturbance, hypospadias and ectodermal dysplasia presented by scalp aplasia, thin and sparse hair, eyebrows and eyelashes, thin and dry skin and dysplastic nails. To date, the syndrome has been identified in five patients. Haploinsufficiency of one or more genes in the 19q13.11 region could cause this microdeletion syndrome. |
