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Mesomelic and rhizomelic short stature: The phenotype of combined Leri-Weill dyschondrosteosis and achondroplasia or hypochondroplasia.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jan 2003
Ross Judith L, Bellus Gary, Scott Charles I, Abboudi Jack, Grigelioniene Giedre, Zinn Andrew R
Abstract excerpt
We studied two children with combined genetic skeletal disorders. Both had Leri-Weill dyschondrosteosis (LWD); one also had achondroplasia and the other had hypochondroplasia. Both had severe short stature and evidence of rhizomelia and mesomelia as well as other phenotypic features of their individual genetic disorders. Achondroplasia was due to the G380R FGF3R mutation and hypochondroplasia to a N540K mutation...
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