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SYNDROME PELLIZZI [1 record]

Record 1 2011-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

Precocious development of external genitalia and sexual function, precocious abnormal growth of long bones, appearance of signs of internal hydrocephalus, in the absence of all other motor and sensory symptoms. It has been attributed to pineal body dysfunction and to mechanical effects on the brain caused by tumors of the pineal body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Syndrome endocrinien caractérisé essentiellement par la précocité du développement génital. Il affecte surtout le sexe masculin.

OBS

Le terme virilisme précoce ne s'applique qu'au sexe masculin.

Spanish

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