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Forty cases with disproportionate short stature (median age 3.1 y; 24 males) from genetic clinic of Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi were assessed in this study. Achondroplasia was the commonest (n=9) skeletal dysplasia; conclusive diagnosis was not possible in six children. Molecular confirmation of clinicoradiological phenotype was done in 18 of 40 cases. Genetic study of all achondroplasia cases revealed c. 1138 G>A, p. Gly380Arg mutation in hot spot.
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Singh, A., Pradhan, G., Prasad, R. et al. Spectrum of disproportionate short stature at a tertiary-care center in Northern India. Indian Pediatr 54, 971–972 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-017-1195-y
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