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A disorder resembling pseudoachondroplasia but without COMP mutation.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jan 2005
Spranger J W, Zabel B, Kennedy J, Jackson G, Briggs M
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Pseudoachondroplasia (PA) is an autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasia characterized by disproportionate short stature, generalized ligamentous laxity, irregular epi-metaphyseal ossification, and vertebral anomalies that regress with age. It usually manifests in the second year of life or later. The clinically and radiographically variable disorder is caused by mutations in the COMP gene. Parental gonadal...
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