@article {Stankler212, author = {L Stankler and D Lloyd and R J Pollitt and E S Gray and H Thom and G Russell}, title = {Unexplained diarrhoea and failure to thrive in 2 siblings with unusual facies and abnormal scalp hair shafts: a new syndrome.}, volume = {57}, number = {3}, pages = {212--216}, year = {1982}, doi = {10.1136/adc.57.3.212}, publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group Ltd}, abstract = {A family is described in which 2 siblings born to healthy parents presented with abnormal facies, persistent diarrhoea, and early death. Exhaustive pathological and biochemical investigations failed to find a cause. The scalp hair of both babies had an abnormal amino-acid composition, and presented an appearance that was unique on scanning electron microscopical examination; this fact and the clinical picture probably represents a new syndrome.}, issn = {0003-9888}, URL = {https://adc.bmj.com/content/57/3/212}, eprint = {https://adc.bmj.com/content/57/3/212.full.pdf}, journal = {Archives of Disease in Childhood} }