Type : Phenotype or locus, molecular basis unknown;
Alternative titles and symbols : Short rib syndrome, beemer type; Short rib-polydactyly syndrome, type iv; Srps iv; Beemer-langer syndrome; SRPS4;
Description : Short rib-polydactyly syndromes (SRPS) constitute a group of autosomal recessive disorders
characterized by short limb dwarfism and complicated by thoracic hypoplasia (short
ribs), polydactyly, and different anomalies of major organs. SRPS type IV may be distinguished
from the other SRPSs by frontal bossing, smooth metaphyses, and nonovoid tibiae longer
than fibulae (summary by Kovacs et al., 2006).;