asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy

[MIM*208500]

hereditary hypoplasia of the thorax, associated with pelvic skeletal abnormality.

Synonym(s): asphyxiating thoracic chondrodystrophy, asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia, Jeune syndrome, thoracic-pelvic-phalangeal dystrophy

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Jeune,

Mathis, French pediatrician, 1910–.

Jeune syndrome - hereditary hypoplasia of the thorax, associated with pelvic skeletal abnormality. Synonym(s): asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia

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References in periodicals archive

(1.) Familial asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia: clinical variability and impact of improved neonatal intensive care.Kajantie E, Andersson S, Kaitila IJ Pediatr.

Jeune syndrome

Three conditions in neonatal asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia (Jeune) and short rib-polydactyly syndrome spectrum: a clinicopathologic study.

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