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Encyclopedia > Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form

Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form is a rare disease also known as Christian syndrome or Craniosynostosis arthrogryposis cleft palate. The disease was first documented in 1971 by Dr. Joe Christian and three associates after examining three Amish siblings. Inheritance is believed to be autosomal recessive.


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  • Whonamedit.com entry on Christian syndrome (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1193.html)



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Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form - Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form (287 words)
Adducted thumb syndrome recessive form is a rare disease also known as Christian syndrome or Craniosynostosis arthrogryposis cleft palate.
This syndrome is associated with microcephaly, arthrogryposis, and cleft palate and varied craniofacial, respiratory, neurological, and limb abnormalities, including bone and joint defects of the upper limbs, abducted thumbs, camptodactyly, and talipes equinovarus or calcaneovalgus.
An autosomal recessive disease with arthrogryposis, dysmyelination, craniosynostosis, and cleft palate." Clin Genet (Copenhagen), 1971, 2:95-103
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