Current Care and Investigational Therapies in Achondroplasia
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Current Care and Investigational Therapies in Achondroplasia
PURPOSE OF REVIEW The goal of this review is to evaluate the management options for achondroplasia, the most common non-lethal skeletal dysplasia. This disease is characterized by short stature and a variety of complications, some of which can be quite severe. RECENT FINDINGS Despite several attempts to standardize care, there is still no widely accepted consensus. This is in part due to abse...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Osteoporosis Reports
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1544-1873,1544-2241
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-017-0347-2