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Rimoin-Mcalister syndrome
Also known as:
Rimoin's syndrome
Associated persons:
William H. McAlister
David Lawrence Rimoin
Description:
A familial syndrome, characterized by short-limbed dwarfism, metaphyseal dysostosis, recurrent ear infections, conductive deafness, and mild mental retardation. Occur in males; present from birth. Inheritance is autosomal recessive.
Bibliography:
- D. L. Rimoin, W. H. McAlister:
Metaphyseal dysostosis, conductive hearing loss and mental retardation: a recessively inherited syndrome.
Birth Defects Original Article Series, New York, 1971, VII/4: 116-122.
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