3. This is a disease that is usually found in about 70% of midgets
4. The disease is a bone shorting disease and is usually due to the cartilage that can reach the bones in such long places as the arms and legs, this is also classified as a type of dwarfism
5. This is also an autosomal dominant genetic disorder
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7. This occurs when the sperm develops into a carrier and now one of the parents is considered a carrier
16. If you have a family history of the disease or if you would have it, it is only a greater chance of inheriting the disease
17. Doctors now a days can determine this before birth by using a sonogram or an ultrasound examination machine
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20. Doctors have been able to give some patients of achondroplasia a procedure called limb lengthening
21. Limb lengthening is a surgery in which a doctor can expand your legs, arms, or both of these by putting a brace like object into your leg that wraps around the entire leg in which over time the leg will lengthen out