Urban Rogers Meyer syndrome



Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome
Classification and external resources
OMIM 264010

Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome, also known simply as Urban syndrome, is an extremely rare congenital disease, one reported in only two cases. Urban et al. (1979) was the first to describe the disease.[1][2] It is characterized by genital anomalies, mental retardation, obesity, contractures of fingers, and osteoporosis[2], though further complications are known.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Urban MD, Rogers JG, Meyer WJ (January 1979). "Familial syndrome of mental retardation, short stature, contractures of the hands, and genital anomalies". J. Pediatr. 94 (1): 52–5. doi:10.1016/S0022-3476(79)80349-2. PMID 758422. 
  2. ^ a b Pagnan NA, Gollop TR (1988). "Prader-Willi habitus, osteopenia, and camptodactyly (Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome): a probable second report". Am. J. Med. Genet. 31 (4): 787–92. doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320310410. PMID 3239569. 
  3. ^ "Urban Rogers Meyer syndrome". Orphanet. http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=EN&Expert=3409. 
  4. ^ "Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome". Jablonski's Syndromes Database (closed). NLM. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive//20061212/mesh/jablonski/cgi/jablonski/syndrome_cgi80c6.html. 

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