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Adams-Oliver syndrome (Forrest H. Adams)
Associated persons:
Forrest H. Adams
C. P. Oliver
Description:
Rare condition with congenital defects of head skin (aplasia cutis congenita) with terminal transverse defects of limbs, and skull defects of varying degree. Inheritance is autosomal dominant.
Bibliography:
F. H. Adams, C. P. Oliver:
Hereditary deformities in man due to arrested development.
Journal of Heredity, Washington, 1945, 36: 3-8.
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