"Achondroplasia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An autosomal dominant disorder that is the most frequent form of short-limb dwarfism. Affected individuals exhibit short stature caused by rhizomelic shortening of the limbs, characteristic facies with frontal bossing and mid-face hypoplasia, exaggerated lumbar lordosis, limitation of elbow extension, GENU VARUM, and trident hand. (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim, MIM#100800, April 20, 2001)
Descriptor ID |
D000130
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MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.099.343.110 C05.116.099.708.017 C16.320.240.500
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Concept/Terms |
Achondroplasia, Severe, With Developmental Delay And Acanthosis Nigricans- Achondroplasia, Severe, With Developmental Delay And Acanthosis Nigricans
- Skeleton-Skin-Brain Syndrome
- Skeleton Skin Brain Syndrome
- Skeleton-Skin-Brain Syndromes
- Syndrome, Skeleton-Skin-Brain
- Syndromes, Skeleton-Skin-Brain
- Severe Achondroplasia with Developmental Delay and Acanthosis Nigricans
- SADDAN
- SADDANs
- SADDAN Dysplasia
- Dysplasia, SADDAN
- Dysplasias, SADDAN
- SADDAN Dysplasias
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2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Achondroplasia" by people in Profiles.
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Mackay FC, Roth RG, van Helmond N, Ben-Jacob TK. Computed tomography lung volume estimation to facilitate protective mechanical ventilation in a patient with achondroplasia and spina bifida. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2019 Sep; 47(5):474-475.
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Shazeeb MS, Cox MK, Gupta A, Tang W, Singh K, Pryce CT, Fogle R, Mu Y, Weber WD, Bangari DS, Ying X, Sabbagh Y. Skeletal Characterization of the Fgfr3 Mouse Model of Achondroplasia Using Micro-CT and MRI Volumetric Imaging. Sci Rep. 2018 01 11; 8(1):469.