Primordial Dwarfism
Dec 20th 2007, 2:36 am
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Primordial Dwarfism
What an incredible story ..was on A&E last night actually the early hour
less than 100 examples in the world ....
Fascinating ...
http://www.primordialdwarfism.com/
less than 100 examples in the world ....
Fascinating ...
http://www.primordialdwarfism.com/
Dec 20th 2007, 2:42 am
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Re: Primordial Dwarfism
erm....Ray???..... not really sure as to why you are posting this?
There are loads of interesting conditions out their....www.emedicine.com is your friend for a lot of them.
There are loads of interesting conditions out their....www.emedicine.com is your friend for a lot of them.
Dec 20th 2007, 2:45 am
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Re: Primordial Dwarfism
erm....Ray???..... not really sure as to why you are posting this?
There are loads of interesting conditions out their....www.emedicine.com is your friend for a lot of them.
There are loads of interesting conditions out their....www.emedicine.com is your friend for a lot of them.
never heard of it before... but a bit sad as well ...
And the fact with less than 40 cases in the US ..no money will ever be spent on it ...
Dec 20th 2007, 2:46 am
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Re: Primordial Dwarfism
There was a fascinating BBC documentary on the condition, though I think all of the cases were in the US. Probably what you saw.... there were two affected kids in a family, where the brother had died about a year before the documentary, and his sister survived; and one who has made it pretty far into adulthood and is leading a relatively functional life.
It's a very moving documentary.
It's a very moving documentary.
Dec 20th 2007, 2:50 am
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There was a fascinating BBC documentary on the condition, though I think all of the cases were in the US. Probably what you saw.... there were two affected kids in a family, where the brother had died about a year before the documentary, and his sister survived; and one who has made it pretty far into adulthood and is leading a relatively functional life.
It's a very moving documentary.
It's a very moving documentary.
Dec 20th 2007, 3:17 am
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I've not seen the show....but I do find genetics fascinating.
Dec 20th 2007, 3:26 am
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Dec 20th 2007, 3:27 am
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I'll watch it a little bit later - just out to get my yearly haircut, and pick up the remaining ingredients for my xmas cake that I'll be baking later.
Dec 20th 2007, 3:30 am
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Re: Primordial Dwarfism
I've watched some of the episodes of the show Little People, Big World and one of the twins' on the show's friends (btw, the twins, one is "normal sized, the other is a little person) has this condition.
Dec 20th 2007, 3:41 am
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I saw this in the uk a while ago. There is a fantastic american photographer that has taken some amazing pictures of these kids to show their love of life. They are amazing pictures - if you want to look they are under dwarfism at http://www.garyparker.com/portfolio.html
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Dec 20th 2007, 3:59 am
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I thought this was a thread about Lionheart.
Dec 20th 2007, 4:35 am
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