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Autosomal recessive severe dwarfism in a Sicilian girl: a new form of osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism?

Maria PiccioneJohn M. OpitzGiovanni CorselloAchille AlbaneseMario Giuffrè

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media_common.quotation_subjectgrowth retardationDwarfismDwarfismGenes RecessiveOsteodysplastic primordial dwarfismBiologyBone and BonesCraniofacial AbnormalitiesConsanguinitymedicineHumansAbnormalities MultipleGirlGenetics (clinical)media_commonGeneticsAutosomal recessive inheritanceGrowth retardationautosomal recessive inheritancemedicine.diseasePrenatal onsetOsteochondrodysplasiaRadiographyChild Preschoolosteodysplastic primordial dwarfismFemalesense organs

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A new type of osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism is delineated in a 5- year-old female child with severe growth retardation of prenatal onset, gross skeletal changes, a non-Seckel facial phenotype, and presumed autosomal recessive inheritance.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9800914