Nail Patella Syndrome

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Wikipedia:  Nail-patella syndrome is a genetic disorder that is also referred to as Iliac Horn Syndrome, Hereditary Onychoostedysplasia, Fong Disease or Turner-Kiser Syndrome. The Nail-Patella syndrome is inherited via autosomal dominancy linked to aberrancy on human chromosome 9's q arm , 9q34. This autosomal dominancy means that only a single copy, instead of both, is sufficient for disorder to be expressed in the offspring, meaning that the chance of getting the disorder from an affected parent is 50%....
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