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An orthopaedic scoring system for nail-patella syndrome and application to a kindred with variable expressivity and glaucoma.
Journal of pediatric orthopedics - 1 Jan 2000
Farley F A, Lichter P R, Downs C A, McIntosh I, Vollrath D, Richards J E
Abstract excerpt
To help determine whether there is a genetic basis to the substantial variability observed in nail-patella syndrome (NPS), we devised a scoring system that quantifies the severity of the orthopaedic characteristics in NPS. Use of this system to score affected members in three generations of a single kindred revealed wide variability of severity of orthopaedic findings both within and between generations. Genetic...
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