Skeletal dysplasias with gracile bones: three new cases, including two offspring of a mother with a dwarfing condition.

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We describe 3 new cases of a rare form of dwarfism (so-called "lethal skeletal dysplasia with gracile bones" or "osteocraniostenosis"), a condition characterized by thin, brittle bones and death in late gestation or early neonatal life. The first was a 37-week gestation female who died at delivery. She had facial anomalies and positional abnormalities of the hands and feet. The others were male stillborn sibs,...

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