achondroplasia
osteochondrodysplasia that results in dwarfism from abnormal ossification of cartilage in long bones
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Summary
achondroplasia is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. achondroplasia draws 9,565 Wikipedia views per month (designated intractable rare disease category, ranking #22 of 201).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: rare disease[3], class of disease[4]
- Subclass of: osteochondrodysplasia[5], disease[6]
- Commons category: Achondroplasia[7]
- External data available at URL: http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/4570[8]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C34345[10]
- Health specialty: medical genetics[11]
- Genetic association: FGFR3[12]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_4480[13], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:4480[14]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[15]
- Has phenotype: dwarfism[16]
Why It Matters
achondroplasia has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] achondroplasia is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]