Introduction 

• This disorder is named after Edward Alfred Cockayne, who was a London physician whose concentration was on hereditary disorders in children.

• Its also known as
  • Weber-Cockayne syndrome,
  • Neill-Dingwall syndrome,
  • CS,
  • Dwarfism-retinal atrophy-deafness syndrome,
  • Progeria-Like Syndrome,
  • or progoroid nanism.

•   And Cockayne syndrome has been recognized as an inherited disease since 1946.