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mucolipidosis III gamma

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A mucolipidosis that is characterized by short stature, skeletal abnormalities, cardiomegaly, and developmental delay and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the GNPTG gene, which encodes the gamma subunit of N-acetylgluc

A mucolipidosis that is characterized by short stature, skeletal abnormalities, cardiomegaly, and developmental delay and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the GNPTG gene, which encodes the gamma subunit of N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase, on chromosome 16p13.

Signs and symptoms

  • Flat capital femoral epiphysis
  • Claw hand deformity
  • Finger joint contracture
  • Hyperlordosis
  • Genu valgum
  • Pes planus
  • Joint stiffness
  • Short neck
  • Shoulder contracture
  • Arthralgia