skeletal disorders

But only within the past couple of months have they been shown in their mutant form to be the cause of human skeletal disorders.

The pathology of development: a study of inherited skeletal disorders in animals.

Shilohs are susceptible to hip dysplasia and other skeletal disorders.

Osteochondrodysplasias are skeletal disorders that cause malformations of both bone and cartilage.

The first, 'The Mystery of Growth', is devoted mainly to skeletal disorders.

There are many classified skeletal disorders.

Being "d"-ficient during pregnancy puts babies at risk for skeletal disorders such as rickets and more.

NONE of the new studies of growth factor receptors are likely to lead to treatments for skeletal disorders any time soon.

The fat was also being sold to Romanians as medicine to combat rheumatism and skeletal disorders, together with bear hairs that were a popular amulet.

Achondrogenesis, type 2 is one of several skeletal disorders caused by mutations in the COL2A1 gene.

The time now devoted to teaching doctors and health care workers about muscular and skeletal disorders needs to be increased, Dr. Spitzer said.

Spondylo-meta-epiphyseal dysplasia (SMED) is a rare autosomal-recessive disease which causes skeletal disorders.

The signs and symptoms of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita are similar to, but milder than, the related skeletal disorders achondrogenesis type 2 and hypochondrogenesis.

Abdominal obesity or weight loss coupled with sarcopenia lead to immobility, skeletal disorders, insulin resistance, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and metabolic disorders.

Wallis-Zieff-Goldblatt syndrome is a rare condition characterized by inherited skeletal disorders manifested mainly as rhizomelic short stature and lateral clavicular defects.

Vrolik made contributions in the fields of comparative anatomy and comparative zoology, and also did important research of skeletal disorders such as osteogenesis imperfecta.

Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED) encompasses a spectrum of skeletal disorders, most of which are inherited in an autosomal dominant form.

Many of the features of SADDAN are similar to those seen in other skeletal disorders, specifically achondroplasia and thanatophoric dysplasia.

Pediatricians, physicians who specialize in treating skeletal disorders (orthopedists), dental specialists, and/or other health care professionals may need to systematically and comprehensively plan an affected child's treatment.

Cats heterozygous for this gene have abnormal tails, but unlike the Manx tailless gene, there are no associated skeletal disorders and the gene is not associated with lethality.

And though Henri was the only surviving child of his parents' union, several of his cousins suffered from skeletal disorders and dwarfism, sometimes in combination with neurological troubles and seizures.

Overweight children often suffer from low self-esteem and other psychological woes; many also have high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels, as well as a greater risk of hypertension, respiratory disease, diabetes and skeletal disorders.

It is considered a milder disorder within a spectrum of skeletal disorders caused by mutations in the gene, which encodes a protein that is essential for the normal development of cartilage and its conversion to bone.

Later medical use focused primarily on its role in preventing the wasting syndromes and chronic loss of appetite associated with chemotherapy and AIDS, along with a variety of rare muscular and skeletal disorders.

Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) has been used successfully in patients with respiratory failure due to neuromuscular and skeletal disorders, but the outcome of treatment in patients with COAD is less well known.