Montefiore syndrome

Introduction: Montefiore syndrome

Description of Montefiore syndrome

Montefiore syndrome (medical condition): A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by skull, facial, heart and digital abnormalities.

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Montefiore syndrome: Premature closure of sutures of the skull associated with marfanoid habitus (tall stature with long and slim limbs, little subcutaneous fat, arachnodactyly, joint hyperextensibility, narrow face, small chin, large testes, and hypotonia), hypotonia, abdominal hernia, developmental delay, and other anomalies. The syndrome was first observed by Shprintzen and Goldberg in the Montefiore Hospital in New York, hence the name Montefiore syndrome.
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Montefiore syndrome: Rare Disease

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Montefiore syndrome as a "rare disease".

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Montefiore syndrome as a Disease

Montefiore syndrome (medical condition): See Montefiore syndrome (disease information).
  »Introduction: Montefiore syndrome
  »Symptoms of Montefiore syndrome

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Terms Similar to Montefiore syndrome:

• Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome

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External links related to: Montefiore syndrome

• Search Jablonski's Syndromes Database
• OMIM - SHPRINTZEN-GOLDBERG CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS SYNDROME

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