Clinical management of achondroplasia

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-134

  Wright, M J ^a   Irving, M D ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; GROWTH HORMONE;

ACHONDROPLASIA; BODY MASS; BONE BOWING; BONE DYSPLASIA; CLOTHING; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; FAMILY; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTROPHY; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; KYPHOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SHORT STATURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TOOTH MALFORMATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ACHONDROPLASIA; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 84856113475     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.189092     Document Type: Review

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