immunologic defect

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• Syndrome, cartilage hair hypoplasia — A specific genetic form of short limbed dwarfism with skeletal features that also include normal head, inability to fully extends the elbows, chest cage deformity, bow legs (genu varum), and the tibia shorter than the fibula. The fingers are… …   Medical dictionary

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