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Maroteaux-Verloes-Stanescu syndrome
Synonyms:
Metaphyseal anadysplasia.
Associated persons:
Pierre Maroteaux
Ritta and Victor Stanescu
Alain Verloes
Description:
A very rare syndrome where abnormal bone development starts early in life and is fairly severe but after a few years, the bones return to almost normal. Adult height is nearly normal and bowed limbs usually straighten.
We thank Patrick Jucker-Kupper, Switzerland, for information submitted.
Bibliography:
- Pierre Maroteaux, Alain Verloes, Victor Stanescu, Ritta Stanescu:
Metaphyseal anadysplasia: A metaphyseal dysplasia of early onset with radiological regression and benign course.
American Journal of Medical Genetics, New York, 1991, 39 (1): 4-10.
At the time of the publication of the article, Pierre Maroteaux, Victor Stanescu and Ritta Stanescu were affiliated at Hôpital des Enfants Malades in Paris. Alain Verloes was then affiliated at the Center for Human Genetics, Liège University, Liège, Belgium.
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