Acromesomelic dysplasia is a rare form of severe acromesomelic limb shortening inherited in autosomal recessive fashion. Lower limbs are more affected than the upper limbs, showing nonfunctional fingers. Homozygous mutations in GDF5 are the cause of the disease.
Category
Congenital malformation
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
20 Developmental anomalies
Multiple developmental anomalies or syndromes
LD24 Syndromes with skeletal anomalies as a major feature
H00466 Grebe dysplasia
Faiyaz-Ul-Haque M, Ahmad W, Wahab A, Haque S, Azim AC, Zaidi SH, Teebi AS, Ahmad M, Cohn DH, Siddique T, Tsui LC
Title
Frameshift mutation in the cartilage-derived morphogenetic protein 1 (CDMP1) gene and severe acromesomelic chondrodysplasia resembling Grebe-type chondrodysplasia.
