Diastrophic Dysplasia, a Rare Cause of Congenital Dwarfism
Journal Title: Pediatrics & Neonatal Biology Open Access - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Diastrophic dysplasia (DTD) is a rare skeletal disorder in the spectrum of a specific gene mutation. The term “diastrophos” which means curved or bent in Greek wasfirst reported by Lamy, et al in 1960 from their observation of 3 patient
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Srikanth Sankar Ravisankar
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