The unconstant dwarfism or Weissenbacher-Zweymuller Syndrome

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Unconstant in that it may not remain as a dwarfism even tho it started out as

such. And this change is not due from ELL, but from the natural occurence of

growth later on in the child's life.

I came across this syndrome, Weissenbacher-Zweymuller syndrome (WZS), it was a

fascinatinating discovery, I think.

" Weissenbacher-Zweymuller syndrome (WZS) is a genetic form of dwarfism in which

affected individuals are born with small, underdeveloped jaws (micrognathia),

cleft palate, short arms and legs (rhizomelia), 'dumbbell' shaped arm and leg

bones, protruding wide spaced eyes (hypertelorism), and incompletely formed back

bones (vertebral coronal clefts). Unlike most other forms of dwarfism,

individuals affected by Weissebacher-Zweymuller start out being affected by

dwarfism, and then have a period of gradual growth and bone change that leads to

normal physical development by age 5–6 years. "

Source:

http://www.davelassanske.com/posts/wikipedia-challenge/weissenbacher-zweymuller/

Also on Genetics Home Reference website, here:

http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=weissenbacherzweymullersyndrome

~grady

PS-However, with genetics, this is not to say that some with this syndrome are

all over 4'10 " at adulthood. Thus, some or those that don't exceed height limit

which is generally accepted as the 'medical' cut off for 'dwarfism', that is in

the USA, they would still be 'lps'.