Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Liu, Feng-xia
• Yu, Meng-xue
• Li, Yong-zhe
• Cao, Jin

Titel

Five patients in a Chinese family with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia

Ist Teil von

• Chinese medical journal, 2009-09, Vol.122 (17), p.2076-2078

Ort / Verlag

China: Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (Open access)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia （MED） is an .osteochondrodysplasia characterized clinically by mild short stature and early-onset degenerative joint disease and radiographically by epiphyseal hypoplasia/ dysplasia. However, the intelligence of the patients is within the normal range. We report a rare case of a MED family with five affected individuals seen in 2009 as follows.