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Achondroplasia | Johns Hopkins Medicine
Achondroplasia is a genetic condition affecting a protein in the body called the fibroblast growth factor receptor . In achondroplasia, this protein begins to function abnormally, slowing down the growth of bone in the cartilage of the growth plate.
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Achondroplasia - Wikipedia
Achondroplasia is a genetic disorder with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance whose primary feature is dwarfism.
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Achondroplasia - Genetics - MedlinePlus
Achondroplasia is the most common form of short-limbed dwarfism. The word achondroplasia means "without cartilage formation."
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achondroplasia
achondroplasia Path. (æˌkɒndrəʊˈpleɪzɪə, eɪ-) [mod.L., f. Gr. ἄχονδρο-ς without cartilage + πλάσ-ις moulding, conformation + -ia1.] Abnormal formation of cartilage resulting in a form of dwarfism. Hence achondroˈplasiac, one affected with this condition; also achondroˈplasiac, achondroˈplasic, achon...
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Achondroplasia: Symptoms, Treatment, Causes & Diagnosis
Achondroplasia is a bone growth disorder that results in dwarfism due to a genetic mutation in the arms and legs. Achondroplasia is the most common form of ...
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Achondroplasia - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
Achondroplasia is the most common skeletal dysplasia found in humans, accounting for 90% of cases of disproportionate short stature.
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Achondroplasia: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Achondroplasia is a disorder of bone growth that causes the most common type of dwarfism.
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Achondroplasia: Practice Essentials, Anatomy, Pathophysiology
Achondroplasia, hypochondroplasia, and metaphyseal chondrodysplasias are considered short-limb dwarfing conditions. These patients' sitting height is within ...
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Achondroplasia - Symptoms, Causes, Treatment | NORD
Achondroplasia is the most commonly occurring abnormality of bone growth (skeletal dysplasia), occurring in approximately 1 in 20,000-30,000 ...
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Achondroplasia - Pediatrics - Orthobullets
Achondroplasia is a common congenital skeletal dysplasia caused by a sporadic or autosomal dominant gain-of-function mutation in FGFR3 gene.
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Achondroplasia in children
More than 250,000 people in the world are diagnosed with achondroplasia. Achondroplasia is defined by central nervous system defects as well as the prior physical symptoms.
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chondrodystrophy
chondrodystrophy Path. (kɒndrəʊˈdɪstrəfɪ) [ad. G. chondrodystrophie (E. Kaufmann Untersuch. sogenannte foetale Rachitis 1892), f. mod.L. chondrodystrophia (also used), f. chondro- + dystrophy.] Any of a number of congenital disorders of the skeleton that involve cartilage, esp. chondrodystrophia fœt...
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Rhizomelia
Rhizomelia refers to either a disproportion of the length of the proximal limb, such as the shortened limbs of achondroplasia, or some other disorder of Typical examples of Rhizomelic short stature are achondroplasia and pseudoachondroplasia.
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dwarfism
dwarfism (ˈdwɔːfɪz(ə)m) [f. dwarf n. + -ism.] The condition or character of being a dwarf or considerably undersized.1891 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Dec. 1187/2 When found as a racial feature dwarfism appears to be propagated indefinitely. 1919 Nature 3 Nov. 304/1 One of these forms of dwarfism is known to ...
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Severe achondroplasia with developmental delay and acanthosis nigricans
Severe achondroplasia with developmental delay and acanthosis nigricans (SADDAN) is a very rare genetic disorder. Achondroplasia is a form of short-limbed dwarfism.
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