Affected individuals have short stature with very short arms and legs. Most also have early-onset joint pain (osteoarthritis) and joint deformities called contractures, which restrict movement. These ...

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Diastrophic Dysplasia is a skeletal disorder caused by mutations in the SLC26A2 gene. A disorder of cartilage and bone development, Diastrophic Dysplasia is also known as disastrophic dwarfism. Those ...

Recent research provides the most extensive 3-D pathoanatomical observations of diastrophic hip and knee dysplasia to date. “Surgical correction of the hip and knee in patients with diastrophic ...

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Diastrophic dysplasia (disastrophic dwarfism) is a rare congenital disorder. The characteristics of the disorder are short stature, short limbs, abnormal development of bones, unusual shape of joints, ...

DIASTROPHIC dysplasia affects about one in 100,000 births and is a disorder of cartilage and bone development. Affected people have short stature with very short arms and legs. Most also have ...