Alternative titles and symbols : Growth retardation, alopecia, pseudoanodontia, and optic atrophy;
Description : The GAPO syndrome is the acronymic designation for a complex of growth retardation,
alopecia, pseudoanodontia (failure of tooth eruption), and progressive optic atrophy
(Tipton and Gorlin, 1984). Ilker et al. (1999) noted that optic atrophy is not a consistent
feature of this disorder.;
Inheritance : Autosomal recessive;
Molecular basis : Cause by mutation in the anthrax toxin receptor 1 gene (ANTXR1, 606410.0002);