Fountain syndrome

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Fountain syndrome
Classification and external resources
OMIM 229120

Fountain syndrome is an autosomal recessive congenital disorder characterized by mental retardation, deafness, skeletal abnormalities and a coarse face with full lips.

Fountain syndrome has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.
Fountain syndrome has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.

[edit] References

  • Fountain RB (1974). "Familial bone abnormalities, deaf mutism, mental retardation and skin granuloma". Proc R Soc Med 67 (9): 878-879. PMID 4431800. 
  • Fryns JP (1989). "Fountain's syndrome: mental retardation, sensorineural deafness, skeletal abnormalities, and coarse face with full lips". J Med Genet 26 (11): 722-724. PMID 2585470. 
  • Fryns JP, Dereymaeker A, Hoefnagels M, Van den Berghe H (1987). "Mental retardation, deafness, skeletal abnormalities, and coarse face with full lips: confirmation of the Fountain syndrome". Am J Med Genet 26 (3): 551-555. doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320260307. PMID 3565469. 

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