Mirhosseini-Holmes-Walton syndrome

Mirhosseini-Holmes-Walton syndrome
Classification and external resources
OMIM	268050
DiseasesDB	32623

Mirhosseini-Holmes-Walton syndrome is a syndrome which involves retinal degeneration, cataract, microcephaly, and mental retardation. It was first characterized in 1972.^[1]

The locus is not yet determined. There is some evidence that it has the same genetic cause as Cohen syndrome.^[2]

References

1. ^ Mirhosseini SA, Holmes LB, Walton DS (1972). "Syndrome of pigmentary retinal degeneration, cataract, microcephaly, and severe mental retardation". J. Med. Genet. 9 (2): 193–6. doi:10.1136/jmg.9.2.193. PMC 1469024. PMID 5046629. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1469024. 
2. ^ Norio R, Raitta C (1986). "Are the Mirhosseini-Holmes-Walton syndrome and the Cohen syndrome identical?". Am. J. Med. Genet. 25 (2): 397–8. doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320250227. PMID 3096139.