Cartilage-hair hypoplasia

Cartilage-hair hypoplasia

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Cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH) is a rare form of short-limbed dwarfism due to skeletal dysplasia.

Genetics

CHH is an autosomal recessivecite journal |author=Sulisalo T, Makitie O, Sistonen P, Ridanpaa M, el Rifai W, Ruuskanen O, de la Chapelle A, Kaitila L |title=Uniparental disomy in cartilage-hair hypoplasia |journal=Eur J Hum Genet. |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=35-42 |year=1997 |pmid=9156319 ] inheriteddisorder. A rarely encountered genetic phenomenon, known as uniparental disomy (a genetic circumstance where a child inherits two copies of a chromosome from one parent, as opposed to one copy from each parent) has also been observed with the disorder.

An association with RMRP has been identified.cite journal |author=Bonafé L, Schmitt K, Eich G, Giedion A, Superti-Furga A |title=RMRP gene sequence analysis confirms a cartilage-hair hypoplasia variant with only skeletal manifestations and reveals a high density of single-nucleotide polymorphisms |journal=Clin. Genet. |volume=61 |issue=2 |pages=146–51 |year=2002 |month=February |pmid=11940090 |doi= |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0009-9163&date=2002&volume=61&issue=2&spage=146]

Etymology

It was first reported in 1965 by McKusick et al. [cite journal | author=McKusick VA, Eldridge R, Hosteler JA, Ruangwit U, Egeland JA | title=Dwarfism In The Amish. II. Cartilage-hair hypoplasia | journal=Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp | year=1965 | pages=285-326 | volume=116 | pmid=14284412]

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