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diastrophic dysplasia

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di·as·troph·ic dysplasia (d-strfk)
n. Abbr. DTD
A type of dwarfism characterized by clubfoot, deformed spine, incomplete bone growth, stubby fingers, and, often, cleft palate.


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Finnish team used a new analytical technique called fine-structure linkage disequilibrium mapping to determine the cause of diastrophic dysplasia (DTD).
The dwarf twin from the set Hall studied has diastrophic dysplasia, a genetic disorder thought to result from mutations on chromosome 5.
 
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