SECKEL'S BIRD-HEADED DWARFISM

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N., Pam M.S.
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Autosomal recessive condition characterized by growth and mental retardation, a beak-like nose, micrognathism, microcephaly, prominent maxilla and eyes, hypertelorism, strabismus, anti-mongoloid slant of palpebral fissures, premature balding, short trunk, variable musculoskeletal changes, linked to defects in chromosome 3. Also known as: Seckel nanism; Virchow-Seckel Syndrome.

SECKEL'S BIRD-HEADED DWARFISM: "Seckel's Bird-Headed Dwarfism was first reported in 1960 by a German physician named Helmut P. G. Seckel (1900-1960)."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. CRI DU CHAT SYNDROME
  2. BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME
  3. RING CHROMOSOME 18
  4. ANGELMAN SYNDROME
  5. PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME (PWS|
  6. ROBERTS SYNDROME
  7. AUTOSOME
  8. GROUP G MONOSOMY
  9. LESCH-NYHAN SYNDROME
  10. AUTOSOMAL TRISOMY OF GROUP
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "SECKEL'S BIRD-HEADED DWARFISM," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/seckels-bird-headed-dwarfism/ (accessed April 12, 2021).
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