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Atelosteogenesis

Atelosteogenesis, type II is a severe disorder of cartilage and bone development. It is rare, and infants with the disorder are usually stillborn; however, those who survive birth die soon after Symptoms and signs Infants born with this condition have very short arms and legs, a narrow chest, and a prominent, rounded abdomen. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Subtypes
Atelosteogenesis type 1
Atelosteogenesis type 2
Atelosteogenesis type 2-like
Atelosteogenesis type 3
May Cause
Abnormal fibula
Abnormal proximal femur
Absent digit
Absent or minimally ossified vertebrae
Bowed bones
Bowed tubular bones
Cleft lip/palate
Congenital joint subluxation
Congenital midface hypoplasia
Congenital short hands and feet
Congenital short limbs
Congenital vertebral abnormality
Coronal cleft vertebrae
Defective pubic ossification
Depressed nasal bridge
Ectrodactyly
Eleven pairs of ribs
Elongated clavicle
Facial hypoplasia
Hooked clavicle
Joint subluxation
Laryngeal anomaly
Lethal skeletal dysplasia
Limb reduction
Long thin bones
Macroglossia
Micrognathia
Minimal vertebral ossification
Platyspondyly
Rhizomelic dwarfism
Rhizomelic limb shortness
Scoliosis
Short metacarpal
Short metatarsal
Short metatarsals
Short middle phalanges
Short narrow thoracic cage
Short ribs
Thoracic dysplasia
Tracheomalacia
Vertebral coronal cleft

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