Camptodactyly taurinuria syndrome

 Camptodactyly-taurinuria syndrome, also known as familial streblodactyly with amino aciduria is a very rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder which consists of hand camptodactyly (usually affecting the pinky finger) and high levels of taurine in urine due to over-excretion of it. 17 affected people from 4 families across the world have been reported in medical literature. No new cases have been described since 1966.[1][2][3][4] It is believed to be autosomal dominant.[1]

Camptodactyly-taurinaria syndrome
Other namesFamilial streblodactyly with amino aciduria
SpecialtyMedical genetics
Symptomspermanent flexion of the fingers of the hand (camptodactyly, and high leves of taurine in urine
Usual onsetInfancy
Durationlife-long
CausesGenetic mutation
Preventionnone
Prognosisgood
Frequencyvery rare, less than 20 cases reported worldwide

Note

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article
 Metasyntactic variable, which is released under the 
Creative Commons
Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
.