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Sat Feb 21

• Human Genetics Disorders » Blog Archive » Living with Achondroplasia

Sun Jun 1

• Meet tiny Jyoti, the smallest girl in the world - Sunday Mirror: Ummm, shortest person ever?

Tue Apr 22

• YouTube - The Bigger Picture - Dwarfism in America: Good video explaining dwarfism/achon droplasia.

Tue Apr 15

• genome.gov | Learning About Achondroplasia: Information from the National Human Genome Research Institute on Achondroplasia .
• Achondroplasia: Thorough site covering characteristic s, diagnosis, and treatment of achondroplasia .

Tue Apr 8

• Tiny teenager from India is smallest girl in the world | the Daily Mail

Fri Apr 4

• March of Dimes Fact Sheets - March of Dimes: The March of Dimes website which has fact sheets on many of the genetic disorders we cover in all biology classes. Scroll down to "Birth Defects and Genetics" , then click on the disease/disord er to pull up the fact sheet. Great site!

Tue Feb 19

• Little People of America Home Page: Provides support and information to people of short stature and their families.

Wed Aug 15

• Health Supervision for Children With Achondroplasia -- Trotter et al. 116 (3): 771 -- AAP Policy: Very thorough with growth charts, etc.

Tue Jul 17

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