title: Mietens syndrome
text: # Mietens syndrome
  
  Mietens syndrome is a autosomal recessive disorder first described by Mietens and Weber. The condition is named after a German physician named Carl Mietens.
  
  Only 9 cases have been reported.
  
  ## Symptoms and signs
  
  * Intellectual disability
  * Flat feet
  * Crossed eyes
  * Severe postnatal growth retardation
  * Nystagmus
  * Narrow nose
  * Short forearm bones
  * Absent proximal radial epiphyses
  * Autosomal recessive inheritance
  * Dislocated radial head
  * Sclerocornea has been reported in this condition.
  
  ## History
  
  In 1966, Carl Mietens and Helge Weber reported cases of four children, 3 sisters and 1 brother. Who suffered from a cluster of congenital anomalies and mental retardantion.
  
  In 2006, two documented has been reported.
  
  