DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Human genes for Torrance type platyspondylic dysplasia

Torrance type platyspondylic dysplasia [DOID:0111508]

An osteochondrodysplasia characterized by decreased ossification of the skull base, disc-like platyspondyly, short thin ribs, hypoplastic pelvis with wide sacrosciatic notches and flat acetabular roof, and short tubular long bones with metaphyseal cupping that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in COL2A1 on chromosome 12q13.11.

Synonyms:  Torrance type platyspondylic dysplasia,  DOID:0111508,  Torrance type platyspondylic dysplasias,  lethal short-limbed platyspondylic dwarfism, Torrance type,  platyspondylic dysplasia, Torrance-Luton type ...