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[Description of a case of thanatophoric dysplasia with cloverleaf skull]. 1986

G F Ronconi, and P Pesenti, and A Mercurella, and S Sassolino

This report presents the clinical, radiographic, and autopsy findings in a newborn infant with thanatophoric dysplasia and cloverleaf skull who died soon after birth. The possible genetic mechanisms of transmission of both malformations are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D010009	Osteochondrodysplasias	Abnormal development of cartilage and bone.	Dyschondroplasias,Hyperostosis Corticalis Generalisata,Melnick-Needles Syndrome,Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia,Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome,Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia,Chondrodystrophic Myotonia,Dyschondroplasia,Endosteal Hyperostosis, Autosomal Recessive,Hyperphosphatasemia Tarda,Late-Onset Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia,Melnick-Needles Osteodysplasty,Myotonic Chondrodystrophy,Myotonic Myopathy, Dwarfism, Chondrodystrophy, And Ocular And Facial Abnormalities,Osteodysplasty of Melnick and Needles,SED Tarda,SJA Syndrome,Schwartz Jampel Aberfeld syndrome,Schwartz-Jampel Syndrome, Type 1,Schwartz-Jampel-Aberfeld Syndrome,Sost Sclerosing Bone Dysplasia,Sost-Related Sclerosing Bone Dysplasia,Spondylo-Epimetaphyseal Dysplasia With Myotonia,Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Tarda, X-Linked,Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia, Late,Van Buchem Disease,X-Linked SED,X-Linked SEDT,X-Linked Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Tarda,Chondrodystrophy, Myotonic,Dysplasia, Spondyloepiphyseal,Late Onset Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia,Late Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia,Melnick Needles Osteodysplasty,Melnick Needles Syndrome,Myotonia, Chondrodystrophic,Osteochondrodysplasia,Osteodysplasty, Melnick-Needles,SED, X-Linked,SEDT, X-Linked,Schwartz Jampel Syndrome,Schwartz Jampel Syndrome, Type 1,Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Tarda, X Linked,Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia, Late-Onset,Syndrome, Schwartz-Jampel-Aberfeld,X Linked SED,X Linked SEDT,X Linked Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Tarda
D011859	Radiography	Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film).	Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D001921	Brain	The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.	Encephalon
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000015	Abnormalities, Multiple	Congenital abnormalities that affect more than one organ or body structure.	Multiple Abnormalities
D012886	Skull	The SKELETON of the HEAD including the FACIAL BONES and the bones enclosing the BRAIN.	Calvaria,Cranium,Calvarium,Skulls
D013796	Thanatophoric Dysplasia	A severe form of neonatal dwarfism with very short limbs. All cases have died at birth or later in the neonatal period.	Dwarfism, Thanatophoric,Thanatophoric Dwarfism,Thanatophoric Short Stature,Dwarfisms, Thanatophoric,Dysplasia, Thanatophoric,Dysplasias, Thanatophoric,Thanatophoric Dwarfisms,Thanatophoric Dysplasias