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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
The type II collagenopathies represent a group of chondrodysplasias sharing clinical and radiological manifestations which are expressed as a continuous spectrum of phenotypes, ranging from perinatally lethal to very mild conditions. Their common molecular bases are mutations in the type II collagen gene (COL2A1). We describe one case of lethal platyspondylic dysplasia, Torrance type, and a variant of lethal Kniest dysplasia, neither of which has been reported as a type II collagenopathy. Biochemical studies of cartilage collagens and morphological analysis of cartilage sections suggest that abnormalities of type II collagen structure and biosynthesis are the main pathogenetic factors in both cases. Thus, the phenotypic spectrum of type II collagenopathies might be greater than hitherto suspected.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0148-7299
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
137-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Type II collagenopathies: are there additional family members?
pubmed:affiliation
Kinderklinik und Poliklinik, Technischen Universität München, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't