There is still much difficulty in elucidating the aetiological causes of dwarfism as it presents itself in children. After Erdheim in 1916 attributed dwarfism to a lack of pituitary secretion, it was for many years a common habit to implicate a pituitary deficiency in alJ dwarfs whatever their clinical features. A reaction to this unscientific approach was to be expected, and it has been so ext...

Acromesomelic dwarfism is a skeletal dysplasia characterized by disproportionate short stature with predominant involvement of the forearms and hands. Maroteaux et al.{l) first described this form of dwarfism. Over 36 cases have been described till date(2), Of them 3 families consisting of two siblings with definite diagnosis of acromesomelic dwarfism are described(3). Here, we report an Indian...

These authors report two Mll4 mutant mouse models that exhibited dwarfism and altered development of GHRH−neurons.

BACKGROUND Dwarfism is characterized by short stature. Pregnancy in women with dwarfism is uncommon and cesarean section is generally indicated for delivery. Patients with dwarfism are high-risk population for both general and regional anesthesia, let alone in an emergency surgery. CASE PRESENTATION In this case report we present a 27-year-old Chinese puerpera with dwarfism who underwent emer...