chondrodysplasias

Last reviewed 01/2018

The chondrodysplasias are developmental disorders which affecting cartilage.

There are six families of chondrodysplasias:

  • achondroplasias
  • spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia
  • multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
  • metaphyseal dysplasias
  • diastrophic dysplasia
  • craniofacial dysplasias

Reference:

  • 1) Wordsworth, P, Halliday, D. (2001). The real connective tissue diseases. Clinical Medicine, 1, 1, 21-4