Virchow-Seckel syndrome
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'''Virchow-Seckel syndrome''' (also known as '''bird-headed dwarfism''', [[Harper's syndrome]] or '''Seckel dwarfism''') is a syndrome of unknown [[etiology]], characterized by [[intrauterine]] growth retardation and postnatal [[dwarfism]] with a small [[head]], narrow [[bird]]-like face with a [[beak]]-like [[nose]], large eyes with an antimongoloid slant, receding [[mandible]], and mild [[mental retardation]]. It is very rare.
The syndrome was named after [[Rudolf Virchow]] and Helmut Paul George Seckel (American physician, 1900–1960).
==See also==
*[[Koo-Koo the Bird Girl]]
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[[Category:Congenital disorders]]
[[Category:Ailments of unknown etiology]]