Article
Weissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome: a distinct autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 1992
Chemke J, Carmi R, Galil A, Bar-Ziv Y, Ben-Ytzhak I, Zurkowski L
Abstract excerpt
The Weissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome (WZS) is defined as congenital neonatal rhizomelic dwarfism with metaphyseal widening of the long bones and vertebral coronal clefts. Catch-up growth after 2-3 years is one of the striking manifestations. It is generally thought that WZS is a neonatal express...
Topics
- Bone Diseases, Developmental
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Dwarfism
- Female
- Genes, Recessive
- Humans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Syndrome