Conditions / Syndrome

lethal congenital contracture syndrome 1

info ยท Syndrome

A lethal congenital contracture syndrome that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the mRNA export mediator the GLE1 gene on chromosome 9q34.

Signs and symptoms

  • Skeletal muscle atrophy
  • Pulmonary hypoplasia
  • Edema
  • Abnormality of the amniotic fluid
  • Widening of cervical spinal canal
  • Paucity of anterior horn motor neurons
  • Hypoplasia of the musculature
  • Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
  • Micrognathia
  • Abnormal thorax morphology

Also known as: LCCS1; multiple contracture syndrome, Finnish type