ORPHA:957
Acropectorovertebral dysplasia
Also known as: F syndrome
Publications
141
53.9th percentile
Trials
0
Interventional, condition-specific
Researchers
642
Distinct authors in sample
Gene link
—
Readiness
1/6
Stages with a signal
Clinical definition (Orphanet)
A rare genetic skeletal characterized by carpal and tarsal synostoses (synostoses between capitate and hamate, and between talus and navicular are always present, other carpal and tarsal bones are sometimes incorporated into the fusion), syndactyly between the first and second fingers, hypodactyly and polydactyly of feet and acral defects that may involve the sternum and the lumbosacral spine (including prominent sternum with variable pectus excavatum and lumbosacral spina bifida occulta). Soft tissue syndactyly, dental hypoplasia/, wide alveolar ridge and high and narrow palate have also been reported in some patients.
How rare: <1 / 1 000 000 — fewer than one in a million. In a city the size of Kolkata, that might mean on the order of fifteen people.
Cross-references
Joined from Mondo / Orphanet. MeSH labels may enter searches; UMLS / OMIM / NCIT are stored for reference.
- MONDO:0007058
- MeSH:C566319
- OMIM:102510
- UMLS:C1863307
Research stages
Trial readiness signals
Where this condition sits on an open-data research pipeline — not how close a treatment is, and not medical advice. Empty stages often mean “not in these databases under this Mondo ID,” not “impossible.”
1/6 stages with a signal
Research-stage checklist from open sources (GenCC, literature, Monarch when enriched, ClinicalTrials.gov). Not a prognosis or care recommendation.
- Gene identifiedNot found
No GenCC disease–gene assertion in this build
- LiteraturePresent
141 matched papers (52 in last 10 years) Source
- Phenotype characterisedNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / HPO
- Animal modelNot checked
Not yet enriched from Monarch / Alliance
- Orphan designationNot checked
FDA/EMA orphan-drug designation not enriched yet
- Interventional trialNot found
No matched interventional trial under our ClinicalTrials.gov rules
Biology
Genes and phenotypes
Gene–disease validity from GenCC, plus phenotypes and animal models joined from Monarch Initiative via Mondo ID — not a clinical diagnosis aid.
Do we know what causes it?
Not yet — the cause hasn't been pinned down in GenCC.
No strong gene–disease assertion joined for this Orphanet entity.
Phenotypes (Monarch / HPO)
Not enriched in this build — Monarch phenotype joins were not run for this record.
Animal models (Monarch / Alliance)
Not enriched in this build.
Literature
Is anyone studying this?
141
141 papers have ever been published on this condition (under this name). For scale, breast cancer has over 700,000. Median papers in the last 10 years for a rare disease in this dataset (publications denominator n=5449) is 41.
141 papers since the earliest indexed year in this search — median last-10-year count for a rare disease in this dataset is 41 (publications denominator n=5449).
52 in the last 10 years · high confidence · 53.9th percentile (publications denominator)
Phrase hits: 141 · MeSH hits: 0
Who's working on it?
642
Distinct author names in 141 sampled papers — named people below.
Who's working on it?
No interventional trial matched this name; these authors publish on it in the sampled literature — a practical starting point for contact.
- 01Mundlos S5 papers · 2023
Institut für medizinische Genetik und Humangenetik, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Papers in Europe PMC - 02Alizada M3 papers · 2023
Department of Interventional Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, PR China.
Papers in Europe PMC - 03Cormier-Daire V3 papers · 2023
Paris Cité University, Reference Center for Skeletal Dysplasia, INSERM UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France.
Papers in Europe PMC - 04Camera G2 papers · 2004
Service for Clinical Genetics and Dysmorphology, Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy.
Papers in Europe PMC - 05Chain F2 papers · 1989Papers in Europe PMC
- 06Das P2 papers · 2026
Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
Papers in Europe PMC - 07Hall C2 papers · 2023
Emerita Consultant Paediatric Radiologist at Great Ormond Street Childrens' Hospital, London, UK.
Papers in Europe PMC - 08KLATSKIN G2 papers · 1952Papers in Europe PMC
- 09Krakow D2 papers · 2023
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopaedic Surgery and Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC - 10Laxova R2 papers · 2015
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.
Papers in Europe PMC
Clinical research
Is a treatment being tested?
0
interventional trials for this specific condition
No interventional trial testing a treatment matched this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov (observational studies and pan-disease registries are listed separately when present).
Data as of 27 July 2026
No matched interventional trials. This is true for 73% of diseases in the trials denominator (5114 of 7003). Here are the researchers publishing on it.
high confidence · 36.5th percentile (trials denominator)
Recruiting interventional trials
From the matched ClinicalTrials.gov set
No interventional trial testing a treatment was found for this specific condition name on ClinicalTrials.gov.
See who's working on it — people publishing on this disease are often the practical next contact when no trial is listed.
Where to find support
We do not yet link condition-specific patient organisations. These umbrella groups support undiagnosed and ultra-rare families:
India — NPRD
Last verified 2026-07-26This ORPHAcode is not on our curated NPRD list (direct or Mondo-parent match). That does not decide clinical eligibility; families in India should ask a notified Centre of Excellence about current coverage.
Hand-curated for this project. ORPHAcode mappings are best-effort and may be incomplete or imprecise for umbrella categories. Parent (Mondo) matches mean the policy lists a broader category — confirm eligibility with a Centre of Excellence. Financial entitlements summarised from public policy statements and may change. This is not official government guidance.
How we counted this
Europe PMC query (preferred label + any corrected label + Orphanet and Mondo exact synonyms, stoplisted; unioned with resolved MeSH labels when available). UMLS / OMIM / NCIT cross-references are stored on the overview but are not added to the query string.
"Acropectorovertebral dysplasia" OR "F syndrome"
ClinicalTrials.gov query (quoted phrases + MeSH via query.cond, plus recall-expansion terms when used):
"Acropectorovertebral dysplasia" OR "F syndrome"
Study-type breakdown: 0 interventional · 0 observational · 0 expanded access. Only interventional studies enter the trial headline.
Query health: ok — strategies attempted: phrase; with hits: phrase
Run this search on ClinicalTrials.gov
Confidence reasoning
- Preferred label is multi-word and distinctive
- No synonyms dropped by stoplist
- No label/synonym collisions with other diseases in this corpus
Ingested 2026-07-26T16:00:43.102Z