A landmark review in Nature Reviews Genetics dissects the rare and common genetic variants that shape human height. The paper explains how monogenic and polygenic factors converge on key growth ...

Diagnosis of prenatal-onset skeletal dysplasias can be accomplished by ultrasound evaluation and confirmed by both molecular testing using invasive procedures and postdelivery radiographs and ...

She was born with a rare form of skeletal dysplasia, also known as dwarfism. Her bones fused together when she was a toddler and she will never grow any bigger. While she is in constant pain from ...

It's about a couple who adopts a girl with a rare form of dwarfism ... been diagnosed with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, a rare genetic disorder affecting the spine and resulting in short ...

Hypochondroplasia is a form of skeletal dysplasia caused by a defect in the ... It is distinct from achondroplasia, another form of dwarfism for which Voxzogo (vosoritide) was cleared by the ...

A promising daily tablet is effective at increasing height and improving proportional limb growth in children with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism, according to a new study.

It's about a couple who adopts a girl with a rare form of dwarfism ... dysplasia congenita, a rare genetic disorder affecting the spine and resulting in short stature and skeletal anomalies.