d a syndrome with radial and patellar aplasia or hypoplasia as main features. Additional findings were absence of thumbs, dislocation of joints, unusual facies (long face with narrow palpebral fissures, long slender nose, small chin, and unusual ears), cleft or highly arched palate, diarrhea in infancy, small stature, and normal intelligence.
Etiology
germ-line mutations in the RECQL4 helicase gene (a member of the RECQL gene family), also mutated in some Rothmund-Thomson syndrome patients (#12952869#)
References
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Kaariainen H, Ryoppy S, Norio R. RAPADILINO syndrome with radial and patellar aplasia/hypoplasia as main manifestations. Am J Med Genet. 1989 Jul;33(3):346-51. PMID: #2801769#