Saturday, May 16, 2015

What is Achondroplasia?

--Achondroplasia is a severe form of dwarfism. The word Achondroplasia "Without Tissue Formation". Which entails that during birth and young age tissue does not form. More specifically tissue does not correctly form some bones that are specifically related to dwarfism. Defects usually occur in the legs, feet, toes arms, hands, and fingers. The head and torso  remain the same size as they normally would be.
                                                                         

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