Zazam Sheriff Phillips Syndrome

Classification according to ICD-10
Q87.0	Congenital malformation syndromes with predominant involvement of the face
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

The Zamzam-Sheriff-Phillips Syndrome is a rare congenital malformation of the eyes in combination with mental retardation .

Hereditary cause is suspected. The syndrome follows an autosomal - recessive inheritance and includes aniridia (absence of the iris ), dislocation of the eye lens , malformation of the upper incisors and a mental disability or retardation (mental retardation). No treatment is known. The upbringing, education, career choice and independent lifestyle of those affected are severely restricted. The aniridia and the dislocation of the lens of the eye lead to severe visual impairment . Because of the intellectual disability, the patients cannot live independently.

See also

• List of syndromes

Web links

• Zamzam-Sheriff-Phillips Syndrome at the National Institutes of Health (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A. M. Zamzam, S. M. Sheriff, C. I. Phillips: Aniridia, ectopia lentis, abnormal upper incisors and mental retardation - an autosomal recessive syndrome. In: Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology. Vol. 32, No. 4 (1988), PMID 3266265 , pp. 375-378.

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