Ellis-van Creveld syndrome

Ellis-van Creveld syndrome
Definition
Ellis-van Creveld syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that affects bone growth.

Ellis-van Creveld syndrome: A type of short stature with striking shortening of the ends of the extremities (arms and legs), polydactyly (extra digits), fusion of bones in the wrist, dystrophy (abnormal growth) of the fingernails, ...

Ellis-van Creveld syndrome
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Ellis-van Creveld syndrome
Alternate Names : Chondroectodermal dysplasia, EVC
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What is Ellis-van Creveld syndrome?
Ellis-van Creveld syndrome is an inherited disorder of bone growth that results in very short stature (dwarfism).

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Ellis-van Creveld syndrome
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Encephalitis
Enchondromatosis see Ollier disease
Enthesitis-related Arthritis see Arthritis (Juvenile Idiopathic)
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- Thanatophoric dysplasia - Short rib-polydactyly syndrome - Chondrodysplasia punctata (Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata, Conradi-Hünermann syndrome), Achondroplasia (Hypochondroplasia, Osteosclerosis congenita) - Ellis-van Creveld syndrome - ...

isolated defect and is not associated with other diseases. However, they can also be a part of various genetic and chromosomal syndromes such as Down syndrome, trisomy 13, Turner syndrome, Marfan syndrome, Noonan syndrome, Ellis-van Creveld syndrome.

Ellis-van Creveld syndrome ... Knock-knees
Emerinopathy ... impaired joint mobility
Eng Strom syndrome ... arthritis
Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome ... joint symptoms, joint tenderness, joint swelling
Eosinophilic synovitis ...

See also: Symptom, Dysplasia, Dermal Dysplasia, Ectodermal dysplasia, Chondroectodermal Dysplasia