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Cervenka's syndrome
Associated persons:
Jaroslav Cervenka
Description:
A syndrome caharacterised by facial abnormalities, joint deformity, and myopia. There is hyaloideoretinal degeneration, cleft palate, and flattening of the midface. Mental retardation is sometimes associated. Inheritance is autosomal dominant.
Bibliography:
- M .Micahel Cohen, W. H. Knobloch, Robert J. Gorlin:
A dominantly inherited syndrome of hyaloideoretinal degeneration, cleft palate and maxillary hypoplasia (Cervenka syndrome).
Birth Defects Original Article Series, New York, VIII (7), 1971: 83-86.
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