Sections View Full Chapter Figures Tables Videos Annotate Full Chapter Figures Tables Videos Supplementary Content + At a Glance Download Section PDF Listen ++ Mental retardation associated with skin and hair anomalies. + Synonym Download Section PDF Listen ++ Hair Defect with Photosensitivity and Mental Retardation. + Incidence and Genetic Inheritance Download Section PDF Listen ++ Three cases have been described (three sisters). Autosomal recessive. + Clinical Aspects Download Section PDF Listen ++ Include stubby, coarse, sparse, fragile scalp hair, eyelashes, and eyebrows; photosensitivity; mental retardation was described as nonprogressive. Decreased body hair and recurrent infections have been described. + Anesthetic Considerations Download Section PDF Listen ++ The features of the syndrome do not suggest that any specific precautions are necessary. + References Download Section PDF Listen ++Calderon R, Gonalez-Cantu N: Kinky hair, photosensitivity, broken eyebrows and eyelashes and non-progressive mental retardation. J Pediatr 95:1007, 1979. [PubMed: 501478]