Weissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome
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Weissenbacher-Zweymuller syndrome is a genetic disorder, linked to mutations (955 gly -> glu) in the COL11A2 gene (located on chromosomal position 6p21.3), which codes for the α2 strand of collagen type XI. It is a collagenopathy, types II and XI disorder.
Presentation
It causes facial abnormalities, skeletal malformation and occasionally neural tube defects; the skeletal disfigurements resolve to a degree in the course of development. Mutations in different parts of the gene may lead to deafness or Stickler syndrome type III (eye problems: myopia, retinal detachment and skeletal abnormalities). Eponym
It was first characterized in 1964 by G. Weissenbacher and Ernst Zweymüller.
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