| Hallermann-Streiff-Francois syndrome | A syndrome of bony anomalies of the calvaria, face, and jaw, with brachygnathia, narrow curved nose, and multiple ocular defects including microphthalmia, microcornea, and cataract, often with alopecia overlying skull sutures, or alopecia areata and hypoplasia, or absence of eyebrows. The pattern of inheritance is undecided. Synonym: congenital sutural alopecia, Hallermann-Streiff syndrome, Hallermann-Streiff-Francois syndrome, mandibulo-oculofacial syndrome, oculomandibulodyscephaly, oculomandibulofacial syndrome, progeria with cataract, progeria with microphthalmia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Hallopeau, Francois | <person> French dermatologist, 1842-1919. See: Hallopeau's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Swediauer, Francois | <person> Austrian physician, 1748-1824. See: Swediauer's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sylvius, Le Boe Francois | <person> Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist, 1614-1672. See: sylvian angle, sylvian aqueduct, sylvian fissure, sylvian line, sylvian point, sylvian valve, sylvian ventricle, fossa of Sylvius, vallecula sylvii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jaccoud, Francois Sigismond | <person> French physician, 1830-1913. See: Jaccoud's arthritis, Jaccoud's arthropathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fontan, Francois | <person> French thoracic surgeon, *1929. See: Fontan procedure, Fontan operation. (05 Mar 2000) |