Article
Autosomal dominant (Beukes) premature degenerative osteoarthropathy of the hip joint unlinked to COL2A1.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 1994
Beighton P, Cilliers H J, Ramesar R
Abstract excerpt
Molecular investigations have been undertaken in several separate large South African families with autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasias in which premature degenerative osteoarthropathy of the hip joint was the major manifestation. There are sometimes additional minor changes in the spine and these conditions fall into the general spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia (SED) nosological category. In some kindreds,...
Topics
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Disorders
- Collagen
- DNA Probes
- Genes, Dominant
- Genetic Linkage
- Hip Dislocation, Congenital
- Humans
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Osteochondrodysplasias
- Pedigree
