Brissaud’s infantilism

a developmental anomaly in which infantile mental and physical characteristics continue past puberty. The condition is due to the result of faulty functioning of the thyroid gland. Also called infantile myxedema; Brissaud–Meige syndrome. [Edouard Brissaud (1852–1909) and Henry Meige (1866–1940), French physicians]

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Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC)

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