thalidomide

Posted By Guido on February 23, 1999 at 15:37:42:







Hallo
I am translating a British documentary film about new uses of thalidomide for the Flemish public television.
One interview is with a patient who was told he had a typical thalidomide
disorder but who had a child with the same symptoms. This is not possible with thalidomide.
It is said that there are certain genetic disorders with exactly the same symptoms as in thalidomide. As soon as a patient from the thalidomide group has a child with the same symptoms, one can be certain that he or she
is not thalidomide but has one of the genetic disorders.
My question (it is simple curiosity) :
which are those genetic disorders?
Thank you
Guido