She had primordial dwarfism, and was only about 19 inches tall.
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It is rare for individuals affected by primordial dwarfism to live past the age of 30.
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Defects in this gene are a cause of microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type 1 ( MOPD ).
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After birth, growth continues at a much slower rate, leaving individuals with primordial dwarfism perpetually years behind their peers in stature and in weight.
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In the case of microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism ( MOPD ) type II there can be increased risk of vascular problems, which may cause premature death.
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In humans, mutations in the XRCC4 gene cause microcephalic primordial dwarfism, a phenotype characterized by marked microcephaly, facial dysmorphism, developmental delay and short stature.
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They concluded that Ferry suffered from a rare genetic form of primordial dwarfism characterised by small, abnormal teeth without roots, and dubbed the condition " NMOSR ".
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Zarate is the first person to have been identified with Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II . She was entered into the Guinness World Records as the " lightest recorded adult ", weighing at the age of 17.
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While no official diagnosis of the cause of de la Rosa's short stature is known, it has been speculated that he was born with the genetic syndrome MOPD II ( microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II ).
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Mutations in the " PCNT " gene have been linked to Down syndrome ( DS ); two types of primordial dwarfism, MOPDII and Seckel syndrome; intrauterine growth retardation; cardiomyopathy; early onset type 2 diabetes; chronic myeloid leukemia ( CML ); bipolar affective disorder; and other congenital disorders.
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