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Spectrum of Disproportionate Short Stature at a Tertiary-care Center in Northern India.
Indian pediatrics - 15 Nov 2017
Singh Ankur, Pradhan Gaurav, Prasad Rajniti, Mishra Om Prakash, Kapoor Seema
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Forty cases with disproportionate short stature (median age 3.1 y; 24 males) from genetic clinic of Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi were assessed in this study. Achondroplasia was the commonest (n=9) skeletal dysplasia; conclusive diagnosis was not possible in six children. Molecular confirmation of clinicoradiological phenotype was done in 18 of 40 cases. Genetic study of all achondroplasia cases revealed c. 1138 G>A,...
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