DERMATOLOGY REVIEW Hereditary Ectodermal Dysplasia Symptoms, Inheritance Patterns, Differential Diagnosis, Management

Patients and pedigrees of both the hi-drotic and anhidrotic forms of hereditary ectodermal dysplasia are presented, to-gether with a discussion of their clinical manifestations, genetic and management problems. ur. ectodermal dysplasia ap-Jt.-m-EREDITARY pears in two forms, the hidrotic and the an-hidrotic. The teeth and the hair are involved similarly in both, but the manifestations in nails and in sweat glands and the patterns of inheritance tend to differ. This paper reviews the clinical signs of these two forms of the condition, based on patients and pedigrees which we have stud