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Named after Helmut Paul George Seckel (1900–1960), American physician.
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Seckel syndrome
Today it means: Microcephalic primordial dwarfism, a congenital nanosomic disorder characterized by intrauterine growth retardation and postnatal dwarfism with a small head, narrow birdlike face, and intellectual disability. Full definition →