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Atelosteogenesis type II
Disease definition
A rare, lethal perinatal bone dysplasia characterized by limb shortening, normal sized skull with cleft palate, hitchhiker thumbs, distinctive facial dysmorphism and radiographic skeletal features, caused by mutations in the diastrophic dysplasia sulfate transporter gene.
ORPHA:56304
Classification level: DisorderA summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2004) Español (2014) Français (2014) Nederlands (2014)
Detailed information
Disease review articles
- Clinical genetics review
- English (2023) - GeneReviews


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