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nail-patella syndrome (onychoosteodysplasia)
A congenital skeletal disorder.
Pathology:
1) hypoplasia of the patella
2) hypoplasia of the iliac horns
3) dysplasia of fingernails & toenails
4) thickening of the glomerular lamina densa
5) deformity of the lower end of the femur
Genetics:
- autosomal dominant
- associated with defects in LMX1B
General
genetic syndrome (multisystem disorder)
developmental disorder syndrome (multisystem disorder)
genetic disease of bone/skeletal system
Database Correlations
OMIM 161200
References
- OMIM :accession 161200
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999