Sentences with phrase «abnormal cartilage development»

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Investigators at Duke University, led by Erica Davis, PhD, a co-senior author of the report, blocked the gene's expression in zebrafish, which resulted in abnormal facial cartilage, smaller eyes and structural abnormalities of neurons involved in the development of reproductive organs.

They are used for arthritis, knee ligament injury (anterior cruciate ligament disease or ACL), canine hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, dislocating knee cap (patellar dislocation), rheumatoid or septic arthritis, abnormal joint cartilage development (osteochondritis dissecans or OCD), and spinal arthritis (spondylosis deformans).

Achondroplasia: abnormal development of cartilage leading to dwarfism (seen aberrantly in most breeds, but that's what makes a Basset hound and other achondroplastic breeds long and low).

Although short legs are normal for these breeds it is basically the result of abnormal development of cartilage.

Osteochondritis Dissecans or OCD is a serious joint disease in which abnormal development of cartilage occurs.

These theories include failure of transition of cartilage to bone during development, and excessive wear and tear on the coronoid process due to joint incongruity which places abnormal stresses on the developing bone.

This abnormality can lead to development of abnormal cartilage, and eventually create a loose flap of cartilage within the joint.

The term osteochondrosis refers to an abnormal development of the cartilage on the end of a bone in the joint, while osteochondritis dissecans refers to a separation of the diseased cartilage from the underlying bone.

Abnormal development of the hip causes excessive wear of the joint cartilage during weight bearing, eventually leading to the development of arthritis, often called degenerative joint disease (DJD) or osteoarthritis (OA).