Dwarfism is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Dwarfism, or a subtype of Dwarfism,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Types of Dwarfism:
Patient Profile for Dwarfism: Affecting children and teens (i.e. only occurring during growth)
Prognosis of Dwarfism: Usually normal life expectancy
Causes of Dwarfism: see causes of Dwarfism
Symptoms of Dwarfism: see symptoms of Dwarfism
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Dwarfism.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Dwarfism.
Treatments for Dwarfism:
see treatments for Dwarfism
Research for Dwarfism:
see research for Dwarfism
Organs and body systems related to Dwarfism include:
Main name of condition: Dwarfism
Other names or spellings for Dwarfism:
Nanism
Source - WordNet 2.1
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