Dandy-Walker malformation (deformity syndrome)

Dandy-Walker malformation (deformity syndrome)
Dan·dy-Walk·er malformation (deformity, syndrome) (danґde wawkґər) [W.E. Dandy; Arthur Earl Walker, American surgeon, 1907–1995] see under malformation.

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