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Turner-mongolism polysyndrome

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A syndrome combinig features of the Morgagni-Albright-Turner syndrome and Down syndrome.

Bibliography

  • H. H. Turner:
    A syndrome of infantilism, congenital webbed neck, and cubitus valgus.
    Endocrinology, Baltimore, 1938, 23: 566-574.
  • J. L. Down:
    Marriages of consanguinity in relation to degeneration of race.
    Clinical lectures and reports by the medical and surgical staff of the London Hospital, 1866, 3: 224-236.
  • M. M. Villaverde, J. A. Da Silva:
    Turner-mongolism polysyndrome, review of the first eight known cases.
    Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, 1975, 234: 844-847.

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