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A new form of severe spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia: clinical and radiological characterization.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Oct 2013
Isidor Bertrand, Geffroy Loïc, de Courtivron Benoît, Le Caignec Cédric, Thiel Christian T, Mortier Geert, Cormier-Daire Valérie, David Albert, Toutain Annick
Abstract excerpt
We report on two patients with a severe form of spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia (SEMD). Both patients show normal birth length, early postnatal growth deficiency, severe short stature, flexion contractures in the hips, bowing of the legs with genu varum. Skeletal radiographies show platyspondyly and characteristic vertebral body shape with central indentation of endplates, progressive, and severe metaphyseal...
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