Lethal Kniest-like dysplasia
A rare lethal congenital chondrodysplasia disorder characterized by dumbbell-shaped long bones with markedly shortened diaphyses and metaphyseal irregularities associated with a ‘Swiss cheese’ appearance of the cartilage matrix as well as distinctive changes in the growth plate and resting cartilage resulting in death in the neonatal period. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1983.
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Lethal Kniest-like dysplasia?
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Advocacy Organizations
The Chandler Project
The Chandler Project (TCP) provides those affected with achondroplasia, and other forms of skeletal dysplasia (dwarfism), with the latest in pharmaceutical research and surgical advancements.
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