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Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity (SEMDJL): presentation in two unrelated patients in the United States.
American journal of medical genetics - 17 Sept 1999
Smith W, Ji H P, Mouradian W, Pagon R A
Abstract excerpt
This is a report of two North American patients with spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity, an uncommon autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia rarely reported outside of South Africa. Patients with SEMDJL have vertebral abnormalities and ligamentous laxity that results in spinal misalignment and progressive severe kyphoscoliosis, thoracic asymmetry, and respiratory compromise resulting in early...
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