Marshall-Smith syndrome

Marshall-Smith syndrome is not to be confused with:

Anaesthetic management of a child with Marshall-Smith syndrome.

After the first discovery and description of Marshall-Smith syndrome in 1971, research to this rare syndrome has been carried out.

Marshall-Smith syndrome.

Marshall-Smith syndrome: An osteochondrodysplasia with connective tissue abnormalities.

Marshall-Smith syndrome in a Taiwanese patient with T-cell immunodeficiency.

Osseous fragility in Marshall-Smith syndrome.

MSS None Marshall-Smith Syndrome is characterized by unusually quick physical growth and bone development (maturation), usually starting before birth.

Smith also co-discovered and lent his name to such conditions as Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, Marshall-Smith syndrome and others.

Hoyme HE and Bull MJ: The Marshall-Smith Syndrome: Natural history beyond infancy.

Bone age may be significantly advanced in genetic overgrowth syndromes, such as Sotos syndrome, Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and Marshall-Smith syndrome.

(Note: Marshall-Smith Syndrome is not to be confused with "Marshall" Syndrome, which is very different from "Marshall-Smith" Syndrome.)

Hoyme HE, Byers PH, Guttmacher AE: Marshall-Smith syndrome: Further evidence of an osteochondrodysplasia in long-term survivors.

Marshall-Smith Syndrome, discovered in 1971 (Marshall, Graham, Scott, Boner, & Smith), is characterized by unusual accelerated skeletal maturation (usually starting before birth) and symptoms like conspicuous physical characteristics, respiratory difficulties, and mental retardation.

Charon A, Gillerot T, Van Maldergem L, Van Schaftingen MH, de Bont B, Koulischer L. The Marshall-Smith syndrome.

Hassan M, Sutton T, Mage K, LimalJM, Rappaport R. The syndrome of accelerated bone maturation in the newborn infant with dysmorphism and congenital malformations: (the so-called Marshall-Smith syndrome).