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Achondroplasia: from genotype to phenotype.
Joint bone spine - 1 Mar 2008
Richette Pascal, Bardin Thomas, Stheneur Chantal
Abstract excerpt
This review focuses on the rheumatological features of achondroplasia, which is the most common skeletal dysplasia and the most frequent cause of short-limbed dwarfism. It is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner but results in the majority of cases of de novo mutations. The disease is related to a mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor-3 (FGFR3) gene encoding one member of the FGFR subfamily of...
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