- myxedematous cretinism
- an uncommon type of endemic cretinism with delayed growth of long bones, myxedema, and sometimes goiter but with fewer neurologic problems than are seen in neurologic cretinism.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
myxedematous cretinism
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