Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity type 2: Aggregating the literature and reporting on the life of a 66‐year‐old man
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Abstract
Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity, leptodactylic type (SEMDJL2), is a rare bone dysplasia that results from hotspot (amino acids148/149) mutations in KIF22. Clinically, affected individuals present with generalized joint laxity, limb malalignment, midface hypoplasia, gracile digits, postnatal short stature, and occasionally, tracheolaryngomalacia; additionally, radiological features include severe epi-metaphyseal abnormalities and slender metacarpals. This report evaluates the progression of SEMDJL2 throughout the life of the oldest individual reported in the literature-a 66-year-old man with a pathogenic KIF22 variant (c.443C > T, p.Pro148Leu). The proband developed many of the clinical and radiological alterations consistent with the presentation of other individuals in the literature. Interestingly, throughout his life, joint limitation progressed, beginning with knee and elbow stricture (year 20), and later, limitation of the shoulders, hips, ankles, and wrists (year 40). This differs from previous case reports, where joint limitation is identified in 1-to-2 joints. Cumulatively, the progressive body-wide joint limitation resulted in early retirement (year 45) and difficulty completing daily tasks and managing personal hygiene culminating in the need for assisted living (year 65). In conclusion, we report on the clinical and radiological developments of a 66-year-old man with SEMDJL2, that developed significant joint limitation in adulthood.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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