Alkuraya and his colleagues pinpointed the gene by sequencing the protein-coding DNA of children with unexplained microcephalic dwarfism. In total, they found 29 affected individuals from 21 ...

Dwarfism describes people with a height of four ... growth in the limbs and leads to abnormal growth in the spine and skull. Some choose to undergo limb-lengthening surgery. Dr Evelyn Kuong ...

The mother of a six-year-old boy who has a rare form of dwarfism has set up a fundraiser ... Tommy's C1 vertebrae will be fused to the base of his skull. This will prevent him from potentially ...