Clinical phenotypes associated with type II collagen mutations.

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COL2A1 mutations give rise to a spectrum of phenotypes predominantly affecting cartilage and bone from the severe disorders that are perinatally lethal to the milder conditions that are recognised in the post-natal period and childhood. The milder chondrodysplasias are characterised by disproportionate short stature, eye abnormalities, cleft palate and hearing loss. It remains poorly recognised that there is...

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