Medicine:Radio-renal syndrome

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Radio-renal syndrome
Other namesRadio renal syndrome[1]
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SpecialtyMedical genetics

Radio-renal syndrome is a rare, presumably autosomal dominant genetic disorder characterized by underdevelopment of the digits as a result of the maldevelopment of either the radius, ulnae, or both, alongside renal ectopia, renal agenesis, mild malformations of the external ear, short stature.[2][3] An increased frequency of lymphocyte chromosomal breaks has been reported. Only 4 cases have been described in the medical literature.[4]

It was described for the first time in the year 1980 by Siegler et al.[5]

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