Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome

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Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome, also known simply as Urban syndrome, is an extremely rare congenital disease, one reported in only two cases. Urban et al. (1979) was the first to describe the disease. [cite journal |author=Urban MD, Rogers JG, Meyer WJ |title=Familial syndrome of mental retardation, short stature, contractures of the hands, and genital anomalies |journal=J. Pediatr. |volume=94 |issue=1 |pages=52–5 |year=1979 |month=Jan |pmid=758422 |doi= |url=] cite journal |author=Pagnan NA, Gollop TR |title=Prader-Willi habitus, osteopenia, and camptodactyly (Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome): a probable second report |journal=Am. J. Med. Genet. |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=787–92 |year=1988 |pmid=3239569 |doi=10.1002/ajmg.1320310410 |url=] It is characterized by genital anomalies, mental retardation, obesity, contractures of fingers, and osteoporosis, though further complications are known. [cite web |url=http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=EN&Expert=3409 |title=Urban Rogers Meyer syndrome |format= |work=Orphanet |accessdate=] [cite web |url=http://www.nlm.nih.gov/archive//20061212/mesh/jablonski/cgi/jablonski/syndrome_cgi80c6.html |title=Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome |format= |work=Jablonski's Syndromes Database (closed) |publisher=NLM |accessdate=]

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*RareDiseases|5426|Prader-Willi habitus, osteopenia, and camptodactyly; Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome
*Jablonski's Syndromes Database: Bibliography
**cite journal |author=Camera G, Marugo M, Cohen MM |title=Another postnatal-onset obesity syndrome |journal=Am. J. Med. Genet. |volume=47 |issue=6 |pages=820–2 |year=1993 |month=Nov |pmid=8279478 |doi=10.1002/ajmg.1320470605 |url=