Nicolaides–Baraitser syndrome: confirmatory report of a syndrome with sparse hair, mental retardation, and short stature and metacarpals

In 1993, Nicolaides and Baraitser reported a new condition consisting of short stature, hypotrichosis, brachydactyly with cone-shaped epiphyses, epilepsy and severe mental delay. We report here two unrelated patients with identical features, thus confirming the status of this rare disorder of unknown aetiology.