Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome
Mar·o·teaux–La·my syndrome
noun \mär-ō-ˈtō-lä-ˈmē-\Definition of MAROTEAUX-LAMY SYNDROME
: a mucopolysaccharidosis that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait and that is similar to Hurler's syndrome except that intellectual development is not retarded
Biographical Note for MAROTEAUX-LAMY SYNDROME
Mar·o·teaux \mȧ-rō-tō\ Pierre (born 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 of the bones.
La·my \lȧ-mē\ Maurice Emile Joseph (1895–1975), French physician. After a tenure as executive officer of a children's hospital in Paris, Lamy served 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.
