Other Names for this Disease
- Metatropic dwarfism
- Metatropic dysplasia, nonlethal dominant
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Metatropic dwarfism is a severe skeletal dysplasia characterized by extremely small stature with short arms and legs. Other characteristics of this disorder are a narrow thorax, short ribs, and kyphoscoliosis (backward and sideways curvature of the spinal column) which develops into short trunk dwarfism. This condition, caused by mutations in the TRPV4 gene, may be inherited in either an autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive manner. Treatment is symptomatic and supportive.
Last updated: 1/12/2010
- Metatropic Dysplasia I. National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD). 2007; http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Metatropic%20Dysplasia%20I. Accessed 1/12/2010.
- Metatropic Dysplasia. Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM). 2009; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=156530. Accessed 1/12/2010.
- Sillence D, Kozlowski K. Metatropic Dysplasia. Orphanet. 2004; http://www.orpha.net/data/patho/GB/uk-MetatropicDysplasia.pdf. Accessed 1/12/2010.
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