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Multilayered patella: similar radiographic findings in pseudoachondroplasia and recessive multiple epiphyseal dysplasia.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jul 2008
Vatanavicharn Nithiwat, Lachman Ralph S, Rimoin David L
Abstract excerpt
A multilayered patella is a characteristic radiographic finding of recessive multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (rMED) caused by DTDST mutations. However it has been recently reported in a dominant MED case with a COL9A2 mutation. We report on a new radiographic patellar finding in a patient with pseudoachondroplasia and a heterozygous COMP mutation. It is similar to the radiographic appearance of fusing multilayered...
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