Maninder Singh Dhaliwal, Pradipta Kumar Swain, Moinaksen Sharma, Harpreet Kaur, Anna Thaplial.
Metatropic Dysplasia: a rare form of Dwarfism
Pak Paed J Dec 2007;31(4):223-5.
Manipal College of Medical Sciecnes Phulbari, Pokhara, Nepal

Metatropic dysplasia is a rare spondyloepiphyseal dyslasia characterized in infancy by long trunk and short extremities. X-ray manifestations include severe platyspondyly, severe metaphyseal enlargement, shortening of long bones and a specific pelvic shape. Inheritance is recessive or dominant. Gene mapping and linkage is not known

Category: Case Reports
Keywords: Metatropic Dysplasia. Dwarfism. Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia. Platyspondyly.

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