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Winchester syndrome in a rare congenital connective tissue disease described in 1969 of which the main characteristics are short stature marked contractures of joints opacities in the cornea a coarse face dissolution of the carpal and tarsal bones (in the hands and feet respectively) and osteoporosis. Appearances resembled rheumatoid arthritis. Increased uronic acid was demonstrated in cultured fibroblasts from the skin and to a lesser degree in both parents.
