Rimoin-Mcalister syndrome
Alternative eponyms
- Rimoin's syndrome
Related people
A familial syndrome, characterized by short-limbed dwarfism, metaphyseal dysostosis, recurrent ear infections, conductive deafness, and mild mental retardation.
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.
