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Caffey Disease

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Description: Disease Database Caffey's disease aka/or Infantile cortical hyperostosis aka/or Roske-De Toni-Caffey-Smyth syndrome aka/or Caffey De Toni Silvermann syndrome may cause or feature - Miscellaneous syndromes Hyperostosis Symptoms and Signs Genu varum X-ray abnormalities Periosteal reaction belong(s) to the category of Autosomal dominant conditions Caffey's disease: Definition(s) via UMLS "A disease of young infants characterized by soft tissue swellings over the affected bones, fever, and irritability, and marked by periods of remission and exacerbation. (Dorland, 27th ed)"

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