asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia

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

asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia

See Jeune's syndrome.

Jeune,

Mathis, French pediatrician, 1910–.

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