Catalog

Melnick-Needles osteodysplasty

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Link to WHO Definition

Melnick-Needles osteodysplasty – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2100781650

Melnick-Needles syndrome is a rare disorder marked by the association of skeletal dysplasia (with bowing of long bones, sclerosis of the skull base and ribbon-like ribs), and a characteristic face (hirsute forehead, prominent supraorbital ridges, prominent eyes, full cheeks and marked micrognathia). Mental development is not affected.