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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 30-05-2018
Symbol SCDEDS2
Location 7q22
Name spondylocheiro dysplastic form of the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome 2
Other name(s) Lysyl hydroxylase 3 deficiency
Corresponding gene PLOD3
Main clinical features
  • association of flat facial profile, deafness, cataract and myopia, osteopenia, risk of arterial rupture, skin blistering , joint contracture and fracture
  • skin appeared to be thin and poorly perfused but with no significant abnormalities of healing or scarring; hair described as coarse in texture and rapidly growing with an unusual distribution (thick over the vertex and sparse at the hairline); nails were hypoplastic, although the small, dysplastic fingernails were described as “rapidly-growing with brittle tips
  • Genetic determination autosomal recessive
    Function/system disorder ear
    eye
    cardiovascular
    osteo-articular
    Type disease
    Remark(s)