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Akrotsefalopolisindaktiliya of type II

Akrotsefalopolisindaktiliya of type II (acrocephalopolysyndactylia; Greek akros – the most remote, extreme, high + kephale – the head + poly – is a lot of + syn – together + daktylos – a finger; synonym: Carpenter a syndrome) – a hereditary disease at which the disturbances characteristic of an akrotsefalopolisindaktiliya of type I are combined mentally retarded, a hypogonadism and obesity. The disease is inherited on autosomal recessively type.

 
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