Ho Kaufman Mcalister Syndrome

The Ho Kaufman Mcalister Syndrome, also known as the Chen-Kung Ho Kaufman Mcalister Syndrome, is a rare congenital malformation syndrome where infants are born with a cleft palate, micrognathia, Wormian bones, congenital heart disease, dislocated hips, bowed fibulae, preaxial polydactyly of the feet, abnormal skin patterns, and most prominently, missing tibia. The etiology is unknown. The Ho Kaufman Mcalister Syndrome is named after Chen-Kung Ho, R.L. Kaufman, and W.H. Mcalister who first described the syndrome in 1975 at Washington University in St. Louis. It is considered a rare disease by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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References

Ho Kaufman Mcalister Syndrome Summary at PubMed

Ho CK, Kaufman RL, Mcalister WH (1975). "Congenital Malformations: Cleft Palate, Congenital Heart Disease, Absent Tibiae, and Polydactyly." American Journal of Diseases of Children 1975 Jun. 129(6):714-6.