09-03-2009, 11:09 AM
a 9 month male infant is brought to ER on hot and humid day, he is listless, cranky and floppy. He has no hair or teeth. Over the past 2weeks, he has not smiled, babbled, rolled over, sat up or attempted to stand. Mother says that her son and herself cannot tolerate heat and that she always had thin hair and still has some baby teeth. which of the following skin structure is most likely be absent or greatly decresed in number in the mother and the child?
a)langerhans cells b) merkels cells c) pacinian corpuscle d) sebaceous glands e)sweat glands
a)langerhans cells b) merkels cells c) pacinian corpuscle d) sebaceous glands e)sweat glands