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A new concept of skeletal dysplasias.
The Turkish journal of pediatrics - 1 Jan 2000
Tüysüz Beyhan
Abstract excerpt
The skeletal dysplasias form a large group of hereditary disorders characterized by abnormal growth and malformations of bone and cartilage. The clinical severity ranges from mildly affected short stature to lethal forms. Spranger classified approximately 200 different skeletal dysplasias in 1992, based on the clinical and radiographic features and the mode of genetic transmission. Etiopathogenesis of skeletal...
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