Monarch Disease Ontology identifier MONDO_0015426 (Desbuquois dysplasia) can be described as follows. Desbuquois syndrome (DBQD) is an osteochondrodysplasia characterized by severe micromelic dwarfism, facial dysmorphism, joint laxity with multiple dislocations, vertebral and metaphyseal abnormalities and advanced carpotarsal ossification. Two forms have been distinguished on the basis of the presence (type 1) or the absence (type 2) of characteristic hand anomalies. A variant form of DBQD, Kim variant, has also been described and is characterized by short stature and articular, minor facial and significant hand anomalies. Also known as: DBQD, desbuquois syndrome, micromelic dwarfism with vertebral and metaphyseal abnormalities and advanced carpotarsal ossification.