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stiff skin syndrome

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A skin disease characterized by hard, thick skin, usually over the entire body, limiting joint mobility and causing flexion contractures that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the FBN1 gene on chromosome 15q21.1.

Signs and symptoms

  • Camptodactyly
  • Stiff skin
  • Elbow flexion contracture
  • Knee flexion contracture
  • Limited shoulder movement
  • Myopia
  • Gastroesophageal reflux
  • Cataract
  • Peripheral neuropathy
  • Short stature

Also known as: SSKS