SYNDROME OF THE MONTH - SCLEROSTEOSIS
SYNDROME OF THE MONTH - SCLEROSTEOSIS
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DOI:
10.1136/jmg.25.3.200
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发表时间:
1988-03-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
BEIGHTON, P
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作者:
BEIGHTON, P
Sclerosteosis is a severe autosomal recessive disorder in which progressive bone overgrowth leads to gigantism, cranial nerve entrapment, and raised intracranial pressure. About 60 affected persons have been documented, the vast majority in the Afrikaner population of South Africa. In addition, sporadic cases or affected sibs have been reported from the USA, Switzerland, Japan, and Brazil. Sclerosteosis was first recognised as a distinct entity in 1958 when Truswell'described two unrelated South African girls with" osteopetrosis with syndactyly; a morphological variant of Albers-Schonberg disease". Subsequently Hansen2 in 1967 used the term'sklerosteose', which in its anglicised form'sclerosteosis' has gained general acceptance. The manifestations in 25 affected Afrikaners were reviewed by Beighton et al3 in 1976 and a further 17 patients were reported by Beighton and Hamersma. 4