Look up: Cockayne Syndrome

1. Cockayne syndrome
   Cockayne syndrome: A genetic disorder that involves progressive multisystem degeneration and is classified as a segmental premature-aging syndrome. Cockayne syndrome is characterized by dwarfism, prematurely aging, visual problems and deafness, sensitivity to sunlight, and mental retardation. Cockay...
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2. cockayne syndrome
   <radiology> Type of dysmyelinating disease, autosomal recessive, onset usually within 2nd year, (?) variant of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, distinguish from Kearns-Sayre syndrome CT findings: microcephaly, basal ganglion calcification, cerebral atrophy ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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3. Cockayne syndrome
   (CS) (kok-ān´) a rare, pleiotropic, autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a variety of cutaneous, neurologic, and somatic abnormalities that vary in severity, including growth failure; delayed psychomotor development, progressive hearing loss, and other neurologic manifestations...
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4. Cockayne Syndrome
   An extremely rare condition that affects about 1 out of every 100,000 births. Children that suffer from this disorder are short, hunch backed and will generally be labeled as 'failure to thrive' because they do not grow properly. Patients usually have an appearance of premature aging and have small heads, a beaked nose, eye defects, tooth decay...
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5. Cockayne syndrome
   Type: Term Pronunciation: kok′ān Definitions: 1. dwarfism, precociously senile appearance, pigmentary degeneration of the retina, optic atrophy, deafness, sensitivity to sunlight, microcephaly, and mental retardation; autosomal recessive inheritance associated with defective excision repa...
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6. Cockayne syndrome
   A genetic condition characterized by short stature, premature aging, sensitivity to light, and possibly deafness and mental retardation.
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7. Cockayne syndrome
   (ILDS Q87.110) | ICD9 = | ICDO = | OMIM = 216400 | OMIM_mult = | MedlinePlus = | eMedicineSubj = ped | eMedicineTopic = 424 | MeshID = D003057 | --> `Cockayne syndrome` (also called `Weber-Cockayne syndrome`, or `Neill-Dingwall Syndrome`) is a rare autosomal journal=Journal of human genetics-->-...
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8. Cockayne's syndrome
   <syndrome> Dwarfism, precociously senile appearance, pigmentary degeneration of the retina, optic atrophy, deafness, sensitivity to sunlight, and mental retardation; autosomal recessive inheritance. There is a variant with early onset. ... Synonym: Cockayne's disease. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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