Medical Definition of Rothmund-thomson syndrome

1. A genetic disorder with numerous features affecting skin (premature aging, excess pigmentation, dilated blood vessels),eyes (juvenile cataract), nose (saddle nose), teeth (maldeveloped), skeletal system (congenital bone defects) hair (abnormal), gonads (underdevelopment) limbs (soft tissue contractures), growth (short stature), blood (anaemia) and a tendency to develop a type of bone cancer (osteogenic sarcoma). The rts gene is on chromosome 8. The syndrome is recessive so to be affected with rts a child has to have two rts genes, one from each parent. Rts is also called poikiloderma atrophicans and cataract. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rothmund-thomson Syndrome

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rotgrass
rotgut
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Roth
Roth's disease
Roth's spots
Roth-Bernhardt disease
rother
rother
Rothera's nitroprusside test
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Rothia
Rothko
Rothmund's syndrome
rothmund-thomson syndrome (current term)
Rothschild
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rotifera
Rotifera
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rotiferan
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rotifers
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