Cross syndrome
Medical condition
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Cross syndrome (also known as Cross–McKusick–Breen syndrome, hypopigmentation and microphthalmia, and oculocerebral-hypopigmentation syndrome) is an extremely rare disorder characterized by white skin, blond hair with yellow-gray metallic sheen, small eyes with cloudy corneas, jerky nystagmus, gingival fibromatosis and severe intellectual disability and physical retardation.[2]: 867–8
Other namesOculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome, Cross type[1]
| Cross syndrome | |
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| Other names | Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome, Cross type[1] |
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| Cross syndrome is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner | |
| Specialty | Endocrinology  |
It was characterized in 1967.[3]