Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia

Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia (SED) is a form of dwarfism with a short trunk and limbs (unlike achondroplasia) and deformities in the spine and epiphyses of long bones.

The spine, coxa vara, and genua valga are affected.

We recognize two types of disease:


 * 1) SED-congenity - transmitted in an autosomal dominant manner, occurrence is sporadic;
 * 2) SED-tarda − is inherited gonosomally recessively, this method of transmission is more common.

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 * Achondroplasia
 * Diatrophic dwarfism
 * Thanatophoric dwarfism

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