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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome spondylodysplastic type 2

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An Ehlers-Danlos syndrome that is characterized by aged appearance, developmental delay, short stature, craniofacial disproportion, generalized osteopenia, defective wound healing, hypermobile joints, hypotonic muscles, and loose but elastic skin and has_mater

An Ehlers-Danlos syndrome that is characterized by aged appearance, developmental delay, short stature, craniofacial disproportion, generalized osteopenia, defective wound healing, hypermobile joints, hypotonic muscles, and loose but elastic skin and has_material_basis_in compound heterozygous mutation in the B3GALT6 gene.

Signs and symptoms

  • Short stature
  • Large joint hypermobility
  • Prominent forehead
  • Kyphoscoliosis
  • Joint hypermobility
  • Joint contracture
  • Platyspondyly
  • Hyperplasia of the femoral trochanters
  • Proptosis
  • Beaking of vertebral bodies

Also known as: EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME, PROGEROID TYPE, 2; Ehlers-Danlos syndrome progeroid type