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Maroteaux's MEDTS syndrome
Associated persons:
Pierre Maroteaux
Description:
A syndrome of moderate dwarfism, mainly affecting the trunk, with normal length of extremities. Frequently associated with arthrosis of the hips. Inheritance is autosomal recessive.Both sexes affected.
Bibliography:
- P. Maroteaux:
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasias and metatropic dwarfism.
Birth Defects Original Article Series, New York, 1969, 5: 35-41.
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