Talk:Achondroplasia

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Discussion and verification of permission is archived at Talk:Jumper's Knee. Melchoir 23:42, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Achondroplasia is just a technical name for Dwarfism

No, it's not; it just one of many possible causes of dwarfism.--Prosfilaes 14:39, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Disease" and "disorder" versus "Achondroplasia"

PEGGY JEAN CASTILLO —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.146.100.31 (talk) 20:02, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

There is a lot of debate going on as to what achondroplasia is(ie a medical condition, disorder, disease, disability, or none of the above). Because of that, I think it's a better idea just to call achondroplasia achondroplasia to prevent the article being POV. --Umalee 22:21, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] World's Smallest Girl

As reported by reputable news agency Fox News, the world's smallest girl as confirmed by the Guiness Book of World records, happens to have Achondroplasia.

[1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by ApsbaMd2 (talk • contribs) 20:50, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

ApsbaMd2 (talk) 20:52, 9 April 2008 (UTC)