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Pfeiffer-Palm-Teller syndrome (Rudolf Arthur Pfeiffer)
Associated persons:
Dietrich Palm
Rudolf Arthur Pfeiffer
Walter M. Teller
Description:
A syndrome of short stature, unique amimic facies, ears cup-shaped, narrow palpebral fissures with epicanthal folds, enamel hypoplasia, slowly progressing stiffness of the joints and high-pitched voice. Aetiology unknown. Possibly autosomal recessive inheritance. Described in brother and sister.
Bibliography:
- R. A. Pfeiffer, D. Palm, W. Teller:
A syndrome of short stature, amimic facies, enamel hypoplasia, slowly progressing stiffness of the joints and high-pitched voice in two siblings.
Journal of Pediatrics, St. Louis, 1977, 91: 955-957.
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