| A subtype of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with characteristics of skeletal dysplasia comprising platyspondyly with moderate short stature, osteopenia and widened metaphyses, in addition to hyperextensible, thin, easily bruised skin, hypermobility of small joints with tendency to contractures, prominent eyes with bluish sclerae, wrinkled palms, atrophy of the thenar muscle and tapering fingers. There is evidence the disease is caused by homozygous mutation of gene SLC39A13 on chromosome 11p11.2. |
