Acheiropodia
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Acheiropodia, also known as Horn Kolb syndrome,[1] is a genetic condition that affects limb development, resulting in shortened arms and legs and absent hands and feet on both sides of the body at birth.[2] Specifically, individuals are born missing the epiphysis typically found at the end of the humerus bone of the upper arm, the diaphysis which makes up the long section of the tibia bone of the shin, the radius and ulna bones which make up the lower arm, the fibula bone of the shin, and all hand and foot bones.[2] It was first discovered and is prevalent almost exclusively in Brazil.[3]
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Acheiropodia | |
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Other names | Horn-Kolb syndrome, acheiropody and aleijadinhos (Brazilian type) |
Acheiropodia has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance | |
Specialty | Medical genetics |
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