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SUBMITTER: Cammarata-Scalisi F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10756726 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cammarata-Scalisi Francisco F Matysiak Uta U Willoughby Colin E CE Ruzaike Gunda G Cárdenas Tadich Antonio A Araya Castillo Maykol M Zara-Chirinos Carmen C Bracho Ana A Avendaño Andrea A Jilani Houweyda H Callea Michele M
Journal of pediatric genetics 20210726 4
Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia Algerian type (MIM no.: 184253) is an uncommon autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasia caused by heterozygous mutations in the <i>COL2A1</i> gene (MIM no.: 120140). In this case based review, we reported a 5-year-old boy with short stature, severe dorsolumbar scoliosis, lumbar hyperlordosis, short trunk, and severe genu valgum <i>.</i> Radiological examination showed platyspondyly, irregular metaphyseal radiolucencies intermingled with radiodensities, and corner fract ...[more]