Diseases

Thanatophoric Dysplasia

A severe form of neonatal dwarfism with very short limbs. All cases have died at birth or later in the neonatal period.

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Abstract

A severe form of neonatal dwarfism with very short limbs. All cases have died at birth or later in the neonatal period.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Dwarfism, Thanatophoric
  • Thanatophoric Dwarfism
  • Thanatophoric Short Stature
  • Dwarfisms, Thanatophoric
  • Dysplasia, Thanatophoric
  • Dysplasias, Thanatophoric
  • Thanatophoric Dwarfisms
  • Thanatophoric Dysplasias

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

91(85); was see under OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS 1985-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Dwarfism (1966-1984)
  • Skull (1966-1984)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Thanatophoric Dysplasia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013796. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013796
  2. Thanatophoric Dysplasia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanatophoric_dysplasia
  3. Thanatophoric Dysplasia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1787020