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Lynch-Wiersma syndrome
Also known as:
Lynch’s syndrome
Associated persons:
Henry T. Lynch
M. V. Wiersma
Description:
A combination of ichtyosis congenita and secondary male hypogonadismus. Males. Two families described. Possible X-linked inheritance.
Bibliography:
- M. V. Wiersma:
Ichtyosis congenita.
Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, Amsterdam, 1937: 4764.
- H. T. Lynch, F. L. Ozer, C. W. McNutt, J. E. Johnson, N. A. Jampolsky:
Secondary male hypogonadism and congenital ichtyosis: an asssociation of two rare genetic diseases.
The American Journal of Human Genetics, Chicago, 1960, 12: 440-477.
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