Causes and risk factors for skeletal dysplasias

Condition analysis:
Skeletal dysplasias are a complex group of bone and cartilage disorders that may affect the fetal skeleton as it develops in utero.

As a whole, skeletal dysplasias are not common. They affect one in every 4,000-5,000 births, although the incidence may be higher since the symptoms may not manifest until early childhood, when short stature, joint abnormalities or other complications arise.

Instructions:
Causes and Risk Factors for Skeletal Dysplasias: The causes of skeletal dysplasias can be due to many types of genetic abnormalities that are often difficult to determine as well as to treat. Skeletal dysplasias are caused by genetic mutations and can run in families. Often the disorders appear without any family history of skeletal dysplasia.