Extra pelvic ossification centers in thanatophoric dysplasia and platyspondylic lethal skeletal dysplasia-San Diego type.

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Extra pelvic ossification centers in thanatophoric dysplasia and platyspondylic lethal skeletal dysplasia-San Diego type.

Pediatric radiology - 1 Oct 1998

Kitoh H, Lachman R S, Brodie S G, Mekikian P B, Rimoin D L, Wilcox W R

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The platyspondylic lethal skeletal dysplasias (PLSD) are a group of heterogeneous disorders including thanatophoric dysplasia (TD) and the TD variants (San Diego, Torrance, and Luton types). TD is the most common form and has been divided into two subtypes (TD1 and TD2) based on clinical and radi...

Topics

Abnormalities, Multiple
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Mutation
Ossification, Heterotopic
Osteochondrodysplasias
Pelvis
Radiography
Thanatophoric Dysplasia

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