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DWARF
~ DWARF id+ | GNOME PIGMY LILLIPUT PETITE |
THE TERMS DWARF or MIDGET see> GNOME
ARE INCREASINGLY SEEN AS
DISPARAGING DEROGATORY OR NASTY INSTEAD
"SHORT STATURE" SYNDROME IS GAINING POPULARITY
med> THE BEST KNOWN CATEGORIES OF DWARFISMS INCLUDE
ACHONDROPLASIA
AMSTERDAM or de LANGE
ASEXUAL
ATELIOTIC
BIRD HEADED or SECKLE
INFANTILE MYXEDEMA or BRISSAUD type
DIASTROPHIC
HYPOPHYSIAL or HYPOPITUITARY
HYPOTHYROID
GROWTH FACTOR DEFICIENT or LARON type
MICROMELIC or VERY SMALL LIMBS
NANOCEPHALIC or BIRD HEADED LIKE
PHOCOMELIC or SHORT LONG BONES
PITUITARY or HYPOPHYSIAL or LEVI LORAIN type
RACHITIC or HARRISON type or due to RICKETS
RENAL due to renal deficiency
RHIZOMELIC or PROXIMAL or SHORTENING or BONE "ROOTS"
THANTOPHORIC or DEADLY
hx> "LITTLE PEOPLE OF AMERICA" IS
AN ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED IN THE USA
SOME 30 YEARS AGO AND ITS NAME PROBABLY WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TODAY
med> DWARF IMPLIES DISPROPORTIONAL SHORT STATURE
MIDGET IMPLIES PROPORTIONAL SMALL SIZE
TO CLASS AND FACILITATE THE DIAGNOSIS
DWARFISMS CAN BE CLASSED AS CAUSING MOSTLY
SHORT LIMBS OR SHORT TRUNK as caused by
SPONDYLAR or VERTEBRAL DYSPLASIAS
see> ACHONDROPLASIA
note other "SMALL PEOPLE"
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