Diastrophic dysplasia is caused by mutations in the SLC26A2 gene. It is the gene that provides instructions for making a protein that is essential for the normal development of cartilage and for its ...

90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days returned with a new season on Dec. 12, 2021, with seven new couples for fans to watch. The cast of season 5 also includes the first little person – Alina – to appear ...

Recent research provides the most extensive 3-D pathoanatomical observations of diastrophic hip and knee dysplasia to date. “Surgical correction of the hip and knee in patients with diastrophic ...

DIASTROPHIC dysplasia affects about one in 100,000 births and is a disorder of cartilage and bone development. Affected people have short stature with very short arms and legs. Most also have ...

In PEOPLE's sneak peek of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days, Caleb comes face-to-face with Russian-born love Alina, who was born with diastrophic dysplasia, which is a rare form of dwarfism Dory ...

Father who lived with a physical difference bonds with daughter who has her own Kari and Byron Hall of Colorado share how adopting their two-year-old daughter Ivy who has diastrophic dysplasia has ...

This condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern, which means both copies of the gene in each cell have mutations. The parents of an individual with an autosomal recessive condition each ...

For Daniel and Lauren Merritt of Pembroke, walking is a luxury. Cooking takes effort, and grocery shopping is a form of exercise. The Merritts both have a form of dwarfism called diastrophic dysplasia ...

Tori Roloff reached new heights of TLC fame thanks to her marriage to Little People, Big World’s Zach Roloff. After his famous siblings left the show that documents the Roloff family’s ups and downs ...

I’m a little person who loves clothes, but being an adult woman at the childish height of 4’10” and defining my own personal style unlike that of a 9-year-old is a lot like running a marathon in a ...