The most common enchondrally slowed systematic short stature dysplasia. A mutation in the FGFR3 gene is responsible. Its “family” includes the more severe thanatophoric dysplasia and the less severe hypochondroplasia.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York
About this entry
Cite this entry
(2008). Achondroplasia. In: Baert, A.L. (eds) Encyclopedia of Diagnostic Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35280-8_20
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35280-8_20
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-35278-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-35280-8
eBook Packages: MedicineReference Module Medicine