Children with achondroplasia seem to be more challenged in the anterior-posterior direction, which might be linked to an anterior-shifted pelvis. No difference was observed in bipedal static postural ...

AIM Achondroplasia can result in respiratory difficulty in early infancy. The aim of this study was to document lung growth during infancy, together with the cause of any cardiorespiratory and sleep ...

Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) signal through FGF receptor tyrosine kinases to regulate a wide range of biological processes during development and adulthood. FGF receptors (FGFRs) are involved ...

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28 If both parents have achondroplasia, then testing the pregnancy for homozygosity or compound heterozygosity for mutations in FGFR3 is readily available, because 97% of patients with ...

The former couple faces a lawsuit from a woman who worked for the couple in New Zealand. The items that vanished from the National Library of Scotland in the 1960s included poems and songs. The ...

Surgery is not often used as a treatment option for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) because the disease is usually widely spread in the bone marrow and other organs. However, surgery may sometimes ...

Further studies are required to confirm diagnostic validity vis-à-vis PSG as a reference standard. A narrative review of the relevant literature was performed. Sources were identified through PubMed ...