| Cross syndrome | |
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| Other names | Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome, Cross type [1] |
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| Cross syndrome is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner | |
| Specialty |
Endocrinology
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Cross–McKusick–Breen syndrome (also known as "Cross syndrome", "hypopigmentation and microphthalmia", and "oculocerebral-hypopigmentation syndrome") is an extremely rare disorder characterized by white skin, blond hair with yellow-gray metallic sheen, small eyes with cloudy corneas, jerky nystagmus, gingival fibromatosis and severe intellectual disability and physical retardation. [2]: 867–8
It was characterized in 1967. [3]
See also
References
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"Orphanet: Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome, Cross type". www.orpha.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) - ^ James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
- ^ Cross HE, McKusick VA, Breen W (March 1967). "A new oculocerebral syndrome with hypopigmentation". J. Pediatr. 70 (3): 398–406. doi: 10.1016/S0022-3476(67)80137-9. PMID 4959856.
External links
- "Cross' syndrome". Whonamedit?. Retrieved 2023-03-10.