Weissenbacher-Zweymüller syndrome

Weissenbacher-Zweymuller syndrome (WZS), also called Pierre-Robin syndrome with fetal chondrodysplasia, is an autosomal recessive congenital 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.

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