Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Mar·o·teaux–La·my syndrome Pronunciation:
mär-O-'tO-lä-'mE- Function:
noun : a mucopolysaccharidosis that isinherited as an autosomal recessive trait and that is similar to Hurler's syndrome except that intellectual development is not retarded
Maráoáteaux /mo-rO-tO,/ Pierre(b 1926), French physician. Maroteaux served as director of genetics research at a medical research institute in Paris. His major field of interest was constitutional diseases ofthe bones.
Laámy /lo-mE,/ Maurice Emile Joseph (1895–1975), French physician. After a tenure as executive officer of a children's hospital in Paris, Lamyserved from 1950 to 1967 as a professor at an institute for genetics research in Paris. He published works on scarlet fever immunity, twins, hereditary illnesses, and a handbook of medical genetics.
