Watson syndrome

Watson syndrome
Watson syndrome
	This condition is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner.
Specialty	Medical genetics

Watson syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition characterized by Lisch nodules of the ocular iris, axillary/inguinal freckling, pulmonary valvular stenosis, relative macrocephaly, short stature, and neurofibromas.^[1] Watson syndrome is allelic to NF1, the same gene associated with neurofibromatosis type 1.^[2]

References

^ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. pp. 725, 831. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.
^ Allanson JE, Upadhyaya M, Watson GH, et al. (November 1991). "Watson syndrome: is it a subtype of type 1 neurofibromatosis?". J. Med. Genet. 28 (11): 752–6. doi:10.1136/jmg.28.11.752. PMC 1017110. PMID 1770531.

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