Conditions / Genetic

parastremmatic dwarfism

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An osteochondrodysplasia characterized by severe dwarfism, kyphoscoliosis, stiffness of large joints and bowing and twisting of lower limbs that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the TRPV4 gene on chromosome 12q24.11.

Signs and symptoms

  • Severe short stature
  • Scoliosis
  • Flexion contracture
  • Kyphosis
  • Short neck
  • Bowing of the long bones
  • Genu valgum
  • Intellectual disability

Also known as: parastremmatic dysplasia