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Laurence-Moon syndrome
Classification and external resources
ICD-10	Q 87.8
ICD-9	759.89
OMIM	245800
DiseasesDB	30072
MeSH	D007849

Laurence-Moon syndrome is a rare hereditary condition associated with retinitis pigmentosa, spastic paraplegia, hypogonadism and mental retardation.

[edit] Eponym and nomenclature

It is named after the physicians John Zachariah Laurence and Robert Charles Moon who provided the first formal description of the condition in a paper published in 1866.^[1]^[2]

In the past, this condition has also been referred to as Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl or Laurence-Moon-Biedl-Bardet syndrome, but Bardet-Biedl syndrome is now usually recognized as a separate entity. However, some recent research suggests that the two conditions may not be distinct.^[3]

[edit] References

^ synd/3746 at Who Named It?
^ Laurence J.Z., Moon R.C.: Four cases of "retinitis pigmentosa" occurring in the same family, and accompanied by general imperfections of development, Ophthal. Rev. 1866, 2:32-41
^ Moore S, Green J, Fan Y et al. (2005). "Clinical and genetic epidemiology of Bardet-Biedl syndrome in Newfoundland: a 22-year prospective, population-based, cohort study". Am. J. Med. Genet. A 132 (4): 352–60. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.30406. PMID 15637713.

[edit] External links

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Craniofacial	Acrocephalosyndactylia (Apert syndrome/Pfeiffer syndrome, Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, Carpenter syndrome, Sakati-Nyhan-Tisdale syndrome) other: Möbius syndrome · Goldenhar syndrome · Cyclopia

Short stature	Aarskog-Scott syndrome · Cockayne syndrome · Cornelia de Lange Syndrome · Dubowitz syndrome · Noonan syndrome · Robinow syndrome · Silver-Russell dwarfism · Seckel syndrome · Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome-Turner syndrome

Limbs	Adducted thumb syndrome · Holt-Oram syndrome · Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome · Nail-patella syndrome · Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome Gastrulation/mesoderm: Caudal regression syndrome · ectromelia (Sirenomelia) · VACTERL association

Overgrowth	Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome · Sotos syndrome · Weaver syndrome

Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl	Bardet-Biedl syndrome · Laurence-Moon syndrome

Combined/other, known locus	3 (Zimmerman-Laband syndrome) · 4/13 (Fraser syndrome) · 8 (Branchio-oto-renal syndrome) · 12 (Keutel syndrome, Timothy syndrome) · 15 (Marfan syndrome) · 19 (Donohue syndrome)

Combined/other, unknown locus	Ablepharon macrostomia syndrome · Fountain syndrome · Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome · Yunis-Varon syndrome

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