Article
Achondroplasia, hypochondroplasia and thanatophoric dysplasia: clinically related skeletal dysplasias that are also related at the molecular level.
International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery - 1 Dec 1998
Cohen M M
Abstract excerpt
This is the second of three articles on modern genetic concepts of a number of syndromes and disorders. Three short limb skeletal dysplasias with additional abnormalities of the skull are discussed. All are caused by mutations on fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3). A pathogenetic hypothe...
Topics
- Achondroplasia
- Bone Development
- Craniofacial Abnormalities
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Humans
- Mutation
- Osteochondrodysplasias
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3
- Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor
- Thanatophoric Dysplasia
