See Also: Dwarfism, thanatophoric(health)
thanatophoric dwarfism(medicine)
thanatophoric(medicine)
Dysplasia, thanatophoric(health)
thanatophoric dysplasia(medicine)
Dwarfism(medicine)
dwarfism(encyclopedia)
Dwarfism(health)
micromelic dwarfism(medicine)
mesomelic dwarfism(medicine)

Dwarfism, thanatophoric (health)


A form of short-limbed (micromelic) dwarfism that usually causes death within the first few hours after birth. Thanatophoric dysplasia is due to a lethal mutation (change) in the same gene that produces achondroplasia, a familiar and far more common form of short-limbed dwarfism that is compatible with life.