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Four infants with kyphomelic dysplasia ascertained from three families demonstrate variability within the syndrome. In the first family, sibling recurrence in female sibs was noted with atypical kyphomelic dysplasias, suggesting autosomal recessive inheritance. In the second family, with a male affected with the ’typical findings' of lethal kyphomelic dysplasia, diagnosis of a skeletal dysplasia was suspected at 29–30 weeks' gestation following US detection of short, bent femurs. In the third family, with a female affected, severe radiographic changes were documented at birth. The clinical course of the disease was mild with almost complete regression of the radiographic findings at the age of 7 years.
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Received: 3 August 1998 Accepted: 30 November 1998
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Cisarik, F., Kozlowski, K., Masel, J. et al. Variability in kyphomelic dysplasia. Pediatric Radiology 29, 551–557 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050644
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