Nail-patella-syndrome in a young patient followed up over 10 years: relevance of the sagittal trochlear septum for patellofemoral pathology
Introduction: Nail-patella-syndrome (NPS) is a rare autosomal-dominant inherited disease with pathologies of nails, skeleton, kidneys, and eyes. Linkage to a mutated gene was found. It codes for the transcription-factor LMX1B. In most cases knees are symptomatic. Patients have hypoplastic patellae,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2016-01-01
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Series: | SICOT-J |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/sicotj/2016017 |