Abstract
Details are presented of a most unusual osteo-chondrodysplasia which presents with lethal neonatal short-limbed dwarfism, defective ossification and nodular calcification within cartilage. The features resemble one case previously described in the literature.
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Nairn, E.R., Chapman, S. A new type of lethal short-limbed dwarfism. Pediatr Radiol 19, 253–257 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02386847
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02386847