Article
Recognizing Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome in childhood: clinical insights from 11 patients with founder and novel LIFR variants.
The Turkish journal of pediatrics - 11 Sept 2026
Ürel Demir Gizem, Açıkgöz Nazlı Büşra, Utine Gülen Eda, Şimşek Kiper Pelin Özlem
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive bent-bone dysplasia characterized by dysautonomia and distinctive skeletal abnormalities, most commonly caused by biallelic LIFR variants. METHODS: Eleven patients from ten unrelated families with molecularly confirmed Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome were evaluated. Detailed demographic, perinatal, clinical, radiographic, and molecular data were...
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- Humans
- Female
- Male
- Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Receptor alpha Subunit
- Child, Preschool
- Infant
