Pycnodysostosis

Rare autosomal recessive syndrome characterized by delayed closing of CRANIAL SUTURES, short stature, ACRO-OSTEOLYSIS of distal phalanges, dental and MAXILLOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES and an increase in bone density that results in frequent BONE FRACTURES. It is associated with BONE RESORPTION defect due to mutations in the lysosomal cysteine protease CATHEPSIN K.

Also Known As:

Pycnodysostoses; Pyknodysostoses; Pyknodysostosis

Musculoskeletal Diseases: 719
- Bone Diseases: 5863
  - Developmental Bone Diseases: 153
    - Osteochondrodysplasias: 592
      - Pycnodysostosis: 124
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities: 933
- Inborn Genetic Diseases: 11939
  - Inborn Errors Metabolism: 1162
    - Lysosomal Storage Diseases: 2132
      - Pycnodysostosis: 124
  - Pycnodysostosis: 124
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases: 15
- Metabolic Diseases: 10142
  - Inborn Errors Metabolism: 1162
    - Lysosomal Storage Diseases: 2132
      - Pycnodysostosis: 124

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