nbme - munmun

[ArchivalUser]

10 month old infant is brougt to emergency department.he is listless,cranky and floppy.he has no hair or teeth.over the past two weeks hae has not smiled,babbled or rolled over.the mother says she and her son cannot tolerate heat.which of following structures is absent or greatly reduced in both mother and child?

a:langerhans cells

b:merkel cells

cweat glands

debaceous glands

e:pacinian corpuscle

[ArchivalUser]

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[ArchivalUser]

sorry i meant D

[ArchivalUser]

how come d?
can you elaborate?
no hair or teeth in child and floppy too?

[ArchivalUser]

Because it's embryology question

[ArchivalUser]

anyone with explaination to this one??

[ArchivalUser]

hereditary anhydrotic ectodermal dysplasia

problem with sweat gland for thermal probblem but hair teeth also absent

[ArchivalUser]

but hair and teeth also absent??

[ArchivalUser]

how to explain absence of hair,teeth and floppy infant?