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Achondroplasia

Definition

Achondroplasia is the most frequent form of chondrodysplasia and is a type of dwarfism characterised by short limbs, hyperlordosis, short hands, and macrocephaly with high forehead and saddle nose, with normal intellectual development.

Also indexed as

AchondroplasiaOsteosclerosis congenitaachondroplastic dwarfismachondroplastic short staturecongenital osteosclerosis

Nearby in Syndromes with micromelia