New cause identified for children, adults with joint, skeletal, skin problems
Saturday, January 25, 2014 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have identified the cause of a rare condition called Leri's pleonosteosis (LP). LP is an inherited condition in which children are born with contractures of multiple joints and then develop difficulty of joint movements that progress in severity with age. The research team showed that extra genetic material on chromosome number 8 caused the condition in two families from Manchester.