PETERS ANOMALY WITH SHORT - LIMB DWARFISM
Victor A. McKusick, Johns Hopkins University, August 30, 2007
Alternative titles; symbols
KRAUSE - KIVLIN SYNDROME
PETERS PLUS SYNDROME
( We observed this disorder associated with multiple chromosomal centromere anomalies akin to those seen in patients with CREST )
Kivlin et al. (1986) suggested that Peters anomaly, since it occurs with many syndromes both genetic and nongenetic, ... Features of Peters anomaly, a major error in the embryonic development of the eye, are corneal clouding and variable iridolenticulocorneal adhesions ... Association of Peters anomaly and short - limb dwarfism in a brother and sister ...
Van Schooneveld et al. (1984) described 11 cases of what they referred to as Peters - plus syndrome ... Short of stature ... Brachymorphism and abnormal ears ... Brachymorphism was most evident in the hands ... Severe mental retardation was present in some ...

Peters plus syndrome
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Synonym(s) and inclusion(s)
- Peters anomaly with short limb dwarfism
... Cataract can be associated. Other possible signs include dysmorphic facies and hypospadias ... Dwarfism ... Mental retardation ... In the ear and cleft palate ...

Peters - plus syndrome
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[French]
Synonyme(s) et inclusion(s)
- Peters anomalie avec nanisme
... Le glaucome congénital de Peters est dû á une anomalie du développement embryologique d'origine génétique ... On retrouve également des dysmorphies faciales et des hypospadias. Si on constate en plus un nanisme avec retard mental, des anomalies de l'oreille et une fente palatine, on parle alors de syndrome de Peters - plus ...

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