Children with achondroplasia tend to crawl and walk later than children without the disorder. They’re also prone to more ear infections. They may need X-rays periodically to look at their spine ...

narrowing of the spinal canal and recurrent ear infections. Children with achondroplasia are 50 times more likely to die before the age of five than their peers. Professor Savarirayan said the ...

Achondroplasia is the most common form of dwarfism and affects one in 25,000 people in the UK, according to Great Ormond ...

Achondroplasia limits bone growth in the limbs and leads to abnormal growth in the spine and skull. Some choose to undergo limb-lengthening surgery. Dr Evelyn Kuong is an orthopaedic surgeon in ...

Achondroplasia, hypochondroplasia, and thanatophoric dysplasia are syndromes of short-limbed dwarfism caused by activating mutations of fibroblast growth factor receptor-3, which result in ...