Jeune's syndrome

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Jeune's syndrome

[zhœnz, zho̅o̅nz]

Etymology: Mathis Jeune, French pediatrician, b. 1910

a form of lethal short-limbed dwarfism characterized by constriction of the upper thorax and occasionally by polydactylism. It is inherited as an autosomal-recessive trait. Also called asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia.

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