Health, Conditions and Diseases, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Congenital Anomalies, Dwarfism
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- Article on medical aspects from eMedicine.
- Article from eMedicine.
- Article for parents wondering what lies ahead for their child and family. Info about the condition and living with it.
- Ethical issues in testing for dwarfism, a severe conditions in which the child is either stillborn or dies within days of birth, to ensure dwarfs do not have a child of average stature.
- The Greenberg Center is dedicated to physicians, patients, families and others with an interest in dwarfism and skeletal dysplasias.
- Extensive resources for people living with syndromes in the spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, and Kniest syndrome family.
- Collection of links related to dwarfism.
- Information on this dwarfism, and contacting other families aware of this rare disorder.
- Little People's Research Fund is the only health organization in the world supporting research for the special medical needs of Little People - people affected with dwarfism.
- Comprehensive resource, including information on types of dwarfism, links to medical resources, specialized shopping resources, legal information, e-mail list, links to web pages by dwarfs, and articles on various topics.
- A woman reflects on how people react to her and other dwarves, and how the movie The Station Agent may affect that.
- Offers information about achondroplasia, the most common type of disproportionate short stature.
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