Russell, Alexander

Russell,

Alexander, 20th century English pediatrician. Russell syndrome - failure of infants and young children to thrive due to suprasellar lesions, commonly astrocytomas of the anterior third ventricle.Russell-Silver dwarfism - Synonym(s): Silver-Russell syndromeSilver-Russell dwarfism - Synonym(s): Silver-Russell syndromeSilver-Russell syndrome - see under Silver