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lethal congenital contracture syndrome 10

info ยท Syndrome

A lethal congenital contracture syndrome characterized by fetal akinesia, multiple contractures, shortening of upper and lower limbs, and narrow chest and thorax that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the NEK9 gene on chromosome 14q24.

Signs and symptoms

  • Pulmonary hypoplasia
  • Short long bone
  • Talipes equinovarus
  • Short neck
  • Long philtrum
  • Micrognathia
  • Ventricular septal defect
  • Hypoplasia of the thymus
  • Narrow chest
  • Adducted thumb