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Langer-Giedion Syndrome
Medical Definition: | Autosomal dominant disorder characterized by cone-shaped epiphyses in the hands and multiple cartilaginous exostoses. Mental retardation and abnormalities of chromosome 8 are often present. The exostoses in this syndrome appear identical to those of hereditary multiple exostoses (EXOSTOSES, HEREDITARY MULTIPLE). |
Guide Notes: | an osteochondrodysplasia |
Previously Indexed: | Exostoses, Multiple (1972-1989) |
Langer-Giedion Syndrome Medical Definitions and Terms
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