Warkany syndrome 1

noun

A supposed X-linked recessive genetic condition with intrauterine growth retardation and small head size, no longer diagnosed since no linkage to a specific gene was ever established.

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nounWarkany syndrome 1 (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA supposed X-linked recessive genetic condition with intrauterine growth retardation and small head size, no longer diagnosed since no linkage to a specific gene was ever established.

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warkany syndrome

Origin

Named after Austrian-American geneticist Joseph Warkany, who described it in 1961.

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