A Review of the Principles of Radiological Assessment of Skeletal Dysplasias

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Skeletal dysplasias are disorders associated with a generalized abnormality in the skeleton. Although individually rare, the overall birth incidence is estimated to be 1/5000 live births (1). Today, there are more than 450 well-characterized skeletal dysplasias classified primarily on the basis of clinical, radiographic, and molecular criteria (2). Half a century ago, in the 1960s, individuals with...

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