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Achondroplasia Dwarfism Genotype

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Dr. Archana Verma MD

[Hello, I am a 39yr old mother and now pregnant of my second child. I live in the Netherlands where, due to my age, I had the test conducted to calculate my risk on Down syndrom, trisomie 13 and 18. All came back as... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Archana Verma ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Mitaly MD

HI I HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME . ARE THE MEASURMENT FOR THE BABY 28 WEEK NORMAL OR ABNORMAL. BPD 76mm HC 271mm AC 239mm and FL 48mm does the baby will be the dwarfism or he will ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mitaly ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Diptanshu Das MD

My daughter is very small for her age her weight is 7% and height is 4% and her head is 97%. I asked the doctor about dwarfism because of the small size and head difference. I have a large head and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Diptanshu Das ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Luchuo Engelbert Bain MD

Hi, I have 7 yr old daughter with achondroplasia and recently had a fever for 3 days and did a blood test for crp which resulted in 173 which is very high. She was hospitalized and treated with inj ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Luchuo Engelbert Bain ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Manisha Jain MD

abdomen with short femur . Femur growth only measuring 29w3d. Are these soft markers for dwarfism?? Very ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Manisha Jain ( OBGYN)

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Dr.  Amitkumar Maheshwari MD

is it possibleo use a genetic test on the parents in order to discover if a child may have achondroplasia dwarfism? I heard that it is a dominant trait, and most individuals with this form of dwarfism... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Amitkumar Maheshwari ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Minoo Bhagia MD

but my husband is 6 9 . They prepared us for the possibility of achondroplasia . An amnio was ... a little small. What is the liklihood of dwarfism? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Minoo Bhagia ( OBGYN)
Dr. Minoo Bhagia MD

my daughters is two years old having achondroplasia is there any treatment ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Minoo Bhagia ( OBGYN)
Dr. Shainaz Arif Kaware MD

Hi is it advisable to use controlled injections of Growth HormoneGH in case of suspected dwarfism Hi, is it advisable to use controlled injections of Growth Hormone(GH) in case of suspected dwarfism? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shainaz Arif Kaware ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani MD

Hi is it advisable to use controlled injections of Growth HormoneGH in case of suspected dwarfism Hi, is it advisable to use controlled injections of Growth Hormone(GH) in case of suspected dwarfism? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani ( General & Family Physician)