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Nail-Patella syndrome

Background

Nail-Patella syndrome (NPS): Hereditary-Osteo-Onycho-Dysplasia (HOOD); Fong's disease; Turner-Kieser syndrome

This is a rare genetic condition, and those affected may have small or absent patellae (kneecaps), underdeveloped nails and an inability to fully straighten the elbows.

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Medical text written July 2006 by Dr Elizabeth Sweeney, Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, Liverpool, UK.

 

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