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Gerodermia osteodysplastica (GO) also called geroderma osteodysplasticum and Walt Disney dwarfism is a rare autosomal recessive connective tissue disorder included in the spectrum of cutis laxa syndromes.Usage of the name Walt Disney dwarfism is attributed to the first known case of the disorder documented in a 1950 journal report in which the authors described five affected members from a Swiss family as having the physical appearance of dwarves from a Walt Disney film.The terms geroderma or gerodermia can be used interchangeably with osteodysplastica or osteodysplasticum with the term hereditaria sometimes appearing at the end.