Majewski's_polydactyly_syndrome

Majewski's polydactyly syndrome

Majewski's polydactyly syndrome

Medical condition


Majewski's polydactyly syndrome, also known as polydactyly with neonatal chondrodystrophy type I, short rib-polydactyly syndrome type II, and shorts rib-polydactyly syndrome, is a lethal form of neonatal dwarfism characterized by osteochondrodysplasia (skeletal abnormalities in the development of bone and cartilage) with a narrow thorax, polysyndactyly, disproportionately short tibiae, thorax dysplasia, hypoplastic lungs and respiratory insufficiency. Associated anomalies include protruding abdomen, brachydactyly, peculiar faces, hypoplastic epiglottis, cardiovascular defects, renal cysts, and also genital anomalies. Death occurs before or at birth.[citation needed]

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The disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern.[citation needed]

It was characterized in 1971.[1]


References

  1. Majewski, F.; Pfeiffer; Lenz; Müller; Feil; Seiler (1971). "Polysyndactyly, short limbs, and genital malformations--a new syndrome?". Zeitschrift für Kinderheilkunde. 111 (2): 118–138. doi:10.1007/BF00446428. PMID 4331366. S2CID 24792013.



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