title: Osteochondrodystrophies with marked platyspondyly and distinctive peripheral anomalies.
abstract: Two patients with a unique generalised bone dysplasia demonstrating severe distinctive platyspondyly are reported. This group of crippling disorders defies metabolic and histological classification. The radiographic examination is, at present, the only practical method of documentation of these rare disorders.
authors.affiliation: Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Hawkesbury Road, Westmead 2145, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kozlowski
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bieganski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beighton
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics; D000293:Adolescent; D001175:Arthrography; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype