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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 01-08-2009
Symbol SMMD
Location 4p15.33
Name spondylomegaepiphyseal-metaphyseal dysplasia
Corresponding gene NKX3-2
Main clinical features
  • short trunk and neck with relatively long limbs finger and toes, no exraskeletal anomalies , normal intelligence
  • radiographically, underossification of the vertebral bodies, cervical spine with spinal cord deformity with pyramidal syndrome and progressive hydrocephalus, and peculiar ossification pattern of hand bones
  • Genetic determination autosomal recessive
    Function/system disorder osteo-articular
    Type disease
    Remark(s)