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Medical condition
Cross syndrome
Other namesOculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome, Cross type
Cross syndrome is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner
SpecialtyEndocrinology Edit this on Wikidata

Cross syndrome (also known as "Cross–McKusick–Breen syndrome", "hypopigmentation and microphthalmia", and "oculocerebral-hypopigmentation syndrome") is an extremely rare disorder characterized by white skin, blond hair with yellow-gray metallic sheen, small eyes with cloudy corneas, jerky nystagmus, gingival fibromatosis and severe intellectual disability and physical retardation.

It was characterized in 1967.

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References

  1. RESERVED, INSERM US14-- ALL RIGHTS. "Orphanet: Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome, Cross type". www.orpha.net. Retrieved 19 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
  3. Cross HE, McKusick VA, Breen W (March 1967). "A new oculocerebral syndrome with hypopigmentation". J. Pediatr. 70 (3): 398–406. doi:10.1016/S0022-3476(67)80137-9. PMID 4959856.

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Pigmentation disorders/Dyschromia
Hypo-/
leucism
Loss of
melanocytes
Vitiligo
Syndromic
Melanocyte
development
Loss of melanin/
amelanism
Albinism
Melanosome
transfer
Other
Leukoderma w/o
hypomelanosis
Ungrouped
Hyper-
Melanin/
Melanosis/
Melanism
Reticulated
Diffuse/
circumscribed
Linear
Other/
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Other
pigments
Iron
Other
metals
Other
Dyschromia
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