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Other names people use for this condition
  • Fifth digit syndrome
  • Mental retardation with absent fifth fingernail and terminal phalanx

Coffin-Siris syndrome
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Coffin-Siris syndrome is a rare genetic disorder.  The cause of this syndrome is unknown. The first description of the syndrome was published by Coffin and Siris in 1970; they described three girls with mental retardation, short fifth fingers, and absent nails of the fifth fingers.[1]

References
  1. Coffin Siris Syndrome. The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). Available at: http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Coffin%20Siris%20Syndrome. Accessed March 20, 2008.

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