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Preferred term

Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An autosomal dominant disorder manifested by various combinations of preauricular pits, branchial fistulae or cysts, lacrimal duct stenosis, hearing loss, structural defects of the outer, middle, or inner ear, and renal dysplasia. Associated defects include asthenic habitus, long narrow facies, constricted palate, deep overbite, and myopia. Hearing loss may be due to Mondini type cochlear defect and stapes fixation. (Jablonski's Dictionary of Syndromes & Eponymic Diseases, 2d ed)

Entry terms

  • BOR Syndrome
  • Branchio-Otorenal Dysplasia
  • Branchiootorenal Dysplasia
  • Branchio-Otorenal Syndrome
  • Melnick-Fraser Syndrome

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-DZD0TKDJ-5

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