Shprintzen-Goldberg craniosynostosis syndrome - a genetically determined syndrome of congenital abnormalities. The image of the syndrome consists of a marfanoid appearance, craniosynostosis, mental retardation, sometimes aortic arch enlargement, and mitral valve prolapse. In at least part of the cases it is caused by mutations in the fibrillin gene, therefore it belongs to the fibrinopathy group and is an allele for the Marfan syndrome. The first case of the band was described in 1982 by Shprintzen and Goldberg.

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