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Cartilage-hair hypoplasia: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

By Dr. Stephen Nelson, MD · · Genetic Medicine

This article from Weyland-Yutani Health System's Genetic Medicine service line explains cartilage-hair hypoplasia in plain language.

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Topic: cartilage-hair hypoplasia. An ectodermal dysplasia characterized by short-limbed short stature and fine, sparse hair that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the RMRP gene on chromosome 9p13.3.

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