What is Osteoglophonic dwarfism?
• Osteoglophonic dwarfism: A form of dwarfism characterized by premature fusion of skull bones, short limbs and digits, facial abnormalities and bone development anomalies. Osteoglophonic dwarfism is listed as a “rare disease” by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Osteoglophonic dwarfism, or a subtype of Osteoglophonic dwarfism, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population. Source – National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Osteoglophonic dwarfism as a “rare disease”.
