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Piepkorn type of osteochondrodysplasia: Defining the severe end of FLNB-related skeletal disorders in three fetuses and a 106-year-old exhibit.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jul 2018
Rehder Helga, Laccone Franco, Kircher Susanne G, Schild Ralf L, Rapp Christiane, Bald Rainer, Schulze Bernt, Behunova Jana, Neesen Juergen, Schoner Katharina
Abstract excerpt
The Piepkorn type of lethal osteochondrodysplasia (POCD) is a rare and lethal dwarfing condition. Four cases have been reported to date. The characteristic features are distinctly shortened "flipper-like" limbs, polysyndactyly, excessive underossification, especially of the limb bones and vertebrae, and large (giant) chondrocytes in the cartilaginous bone primordia. These characteristics allowed the diagnosis of...
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