acrocephalopolysyndactyly

acrocephalopolysyndactyly

 (ACPS) [ak″ro-sef″ah-lo-pol″e-sin-dak´tĭ-le]

any of several inherited disorders characterized by acrocephalosyndactyly (head deformity and webbed fingers and toes) and polydactyly (extra fingers or toes). Type I (or ACPS I) is Pfeiffer's syndrome; type II (or ACPS II) is Carpenter's syndrome; type III (or ACPS III) is Sakati-Nyhan syndrome.

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ac·ro·ceph·a·lo·pol·y·syn·dac·ty·ly

(ak'rō-sef'ă-lō-pol'ē-sin-dak'ti-lē),

Rare autosomal disorder with mental retardation, syndactyly, oxycephaly, congenital heart defects, mild obesity, and hypogenitalism.

Synonym(s): Carpenter syndrome

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Noack,

Margot, German physician, 1909–.

Noack syndrome - multiple congenital malformations. Synonym(s): acrocephalopolysyndactyly

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