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Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome IV
Associated persons:
Maurice Emile Joseph Lamy
Pierre Maroteaux
Description:
A familial type of bone dysplasia marked by short-trunk dwarfism, back pain, pain in the hips, and limitation of joint movement. May be associated with a large number of anomalies. Onset between the ages of 5 and 10 years. Inheritance is X-linked recessive.
Bibliography:
- A. W. Jacobsen:
Hereditary osteochondrodystrophia deformans. A family with twenty members affected in 5 generations.
Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, 1939, 113: 121-124.
- P. Maroteaux, M. Lamy, J. Bernard:
La dysplasie spondylo-epiphysaire tardive.
La presse médicale, Paris, 1957, 65: 1205-1208.
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