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RESEARCH PRODUCT

The Skull in Achondroplasia

Jürgen W. Spranger

subject

musculoskeletal diseasescongenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalitiesMuscular hypotoniaThanatophoric dysplasiabusiness.industryOccipital boneAnatomymedicine.diseaseEndochondral bone formationSkullmedicine.anatomical_structuremedicineAchondroplasiabusinessJugular foramen

description

The growth disorder in achondroplasia results from abnormalities of endochondral bone formation. Cranial abnormalities originate from the occipital bone, the only region where enchondral bone is formed.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8712-1_14