Hereditary Ectodermal Dysplasia of the Anhidrotic Type

Gene effect in carriers of anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia.

“…Thannhauser (1936) described a similarly mild case. Sweat glands in forearm skin of a typical case were reported by Rademaker (1933), but some doubt must be cast on this finding because pilocarpine failed to produce sweating which, as noted by others (Lord and Wolfe, 1938), is convincing evidence for the absence of sweat glands.…”

Congenital Anhidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia

“…Her ability to perceive and to understand total situations and her immediate memory of things were relatively well developed, but she is not expected to achieve an average level in academic situations. Both normal 3 and low5 …”