Patient with double heterozygosity for achondroplasia and pseudoachondroplasia, with comments on these conditions and the relationship between pseudoachondroplasia and multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, Fairbank type.

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We present a 7 1/2-year-old girl with achondroplasia and pseudoachondroplasia. Her mother has achondroplasia and her father has pseudoachondroplasia. Radiographic manifestations of these two conditions from infancy to age 6 years are outlined. The findings in this patient are compared with those of achondroplastic patients and pseudoachondroplastic patients of similar ages. Our review of radiographs of many...

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