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A gene for autosomal recessive spondylocostal dysostosis maps to 19q13.1-q13.3.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 1999
Turnpenny P D, Bulman M P, Frayling T M, Abu-Nasra T K, Garrett C, Hattersley A T, Ellard S
Abstract excerpt
In spondylocostal dysostosis (SD), vertebral-segmentation defects are associated with rib anomalies. This results in short-trunk short stature, nonprogressive kyphoscoliosis, and radiological features of multiple hemivertebrae and rib fusions. SD can be familial, and both autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive (AR) inheritance have been reported, but no genes have been identified or localized for nonsyndromic...
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