Achondroplasia
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Used for
chondrodystrophia fetalis calcificans, fetal rickets
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Broader Terms
congenital skeletal disorder, dwarfism, genetic disorder
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Scope Note
autosomal dominant disorder that is the most frequent form of short-limb dwarfism; a disturbance of epiphyseal chondroblastic growth, causing inadequate enchondral bone formation.
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- Home Achondroplasia Achondroplasia Programs that treat this condition Genetics Program What is achondroplasia? Achondroplasia is a genetic (inherited) bone disorder that occurs in one in 20,000 live births.
- The average height of adults with achondroplasia is four feet.
- 16: Summer, 1998 Achondropasia Introduction Achondroplasia is the most common skeletal dysplasia with an incidence of 1/15,000 to 1/77,000 live births.
- Diagnosis AchondroplasiaWhat is achondroplasia? Achondroplasia is a genetic (inherited) condition that results in abnormally short stature.
- Achondroplasia is the most common of all skeletal dysplasias.
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