Malouf syndrome

Malouf syndrome (also known as "congestive cardiomyopathy-hypergonadotropic hypogonadism syndrome") is a congenital disorder that causes one or more of the following symptoms: mental retardation, ovarian dysgenesis, congestive cardiomyopathy, broad nasal base, blepharoptosis, and bone abnormalities, and occasionally marfanoid habitus (tall stature with long and thin limbs, little subcutaneous fat, arachnodactyly, joint hyperextension, narrow face, small chin, large testes, and hypotonia).[1]

Malouf syndrome
Other namesDilated cardiomyopathy-hypergonadotropic hypogonadism syndrome

This disease is named after J. Malouf, who performed a case study on a family suffering from this disease in 1985.

References
  1. "Dilated cardiomyopathy with hypergonadotropic hypogonadism | Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) – an NCATS Program". rarediseases.info.nih.gov.
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