We describe a 19-year-old woman with melorheostosis and osteopoikilosis (mixed sclerosing bone dysplasia). Her sister and mother had osteopoikilosis, but no evidence of melorheostosis. Isolated melorheostosis and melorheostosis with osteopoikilosis are sporadic disorders. Osteopoikilosis is an autos
Manifestations in a family with autosomal dominant bone fragility and limb-girdle myopathy
β Scribed by Sarju G. Mehta; Giles D.J. Watts; Barbara McGillivray; Steven Mumm; Sara Jane Hamilton; Sheena Ramdeen; Deborah Novack; Christine Briggs; Michael P. Whyte; Virginia E. Kimonis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 209 KB
- Volume
- 140A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4825
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