Gizem Ürel-Demir, Pelin Ozlem Simsek-Kiper, Özlem Akgün-Doğan, Rahşan Göçmen, Zheng Wang, Naomichi Matsumoto, Noriko Miyake, Gülen Eda Utine, Gen Nishimura, Shiro Ikegawa, Koray Boduroglu
Spondylo-meta-epiphyseal dysplasia, short limb-abnormal calcification type, is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the skeleton characterized by disproportionate short stature with narrow chest and dysmorphic facial features. The skeletal manifestations include platyspondyly, short flared ribs, short tubular bones with abnormal metaphyses and epiphyses, severe brachydactyly, and premature stippled calcifications in the cartilage. The abnormal calcifications are so distinctive as to point to the definitive diagnosis...
September 2018: Journal of Human Genetics