Zamzam-Sheriff-Phillips syndrome
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Zamzam Sheriff Phillips syndrome is a rare[1] autosomal recessive congenital disorder. It is characterized by aniridia, ectopia lentis, abnormal upper incisors and mental retardation.[2] Not a lot of research has been undertaken of this particular disease so thus far there is no known gene that affects this condition. However it has been hypothesised that the symptoms described are found at a particular gene, though mental retardation is believed to be due to a different genetic cause.
Consanguinuity (intermarrying among relatives such as cousins), often associated with autosomal recessive inheritance, has been attributed to the inheritance of this disease.[3]
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- ^ Zazam Sheriff Phillips syndrome; Aniridia, lens luxation, mental retardation at NIH's Office of Rare Diseases
- ^ Birth Disorder Information Directory - Z
- ^ Zamzam AM, Sheriff SM, Phillips CI (1988). "Aniridia, ectopia lentis, abnormal upper incisors and mental retardation--an autosomal recessive syndrome". Jpn. J. Ophthalmol. 32 (4): 375–8. PMID 3266265.
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