Dwarf cats who have pituitary dwarfism don't grow or develop at the same pace as other cats.
While most babies who are born with double dwarfism don't survive long past birth because of neurological problems and small chest cage size, there are babies who survive.
Not exact matches
Moms with brittle bone conditions, which can result in
dwarfism, have an added concern with weight gain, since they could be seriously injured
doing normal activities anyway.
Most parents who are little people don't necessarily care whether their child is a dwarf or not, but caring for a child with
dwarfism is more dangerous than caring for a typical child because of the potential health concerns.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug only for the treatment of children with pituitary
dwarfism, who
do not produce enough of the hormone themselves, but some paediatricians are giving the drug to children who are simply short.
Now, using a primate evolutionary tree, the pair have confirmed that these monkeys
did indeed evolve from larger ancestors and undergo
dwarfism.
They
do not appear to live any longer than the rest of us, which is a caution for anyone extrapolating effects from mice, and have a variety of medical issues associated with their form of
dwarfism, but may be resistant to some forms of age - related disease.
I chose Nerve as the site, and «Sara... Whether it was a case of
dwarfism or not, I didn't know.
Dinklage doesn't want to be friends because he doesn't want to make friends; he lives a solitary life, avoiding social interactions because he has
dwarfism.
The
dwarfism causes a defect that doesn't allow cartilage to mature, which can result in degenerative damage of disks.
Beagles
do have a recessive gene that can produce
dwarfism.
Much like
dwarfism in humans the legs just don't grow to their potential length and can cause the legs to become bowed.
Unfortunately, puppies born with skeletal or pituitary abnormalities often don't grow as they should, resulting in
dwarfism and often painful joint conditions.
Another form of canine
dwarfism occurs when the pituitary gland
does not secrete enough growth hormone.
When a youngster's thyroid gland can not
do that, one result will be
dwarfism.
On an excellent website calledhttp: / / www.rhosyngsd.com /, there was a good description and illustrations of
dwarfism in the Havanese breed, and an ancillary discussion of
dwarfism in the GSD, even though the site owner
did not want to use that word for the condition.
On one website, there was a good description and illustrations of
dwarfism in the Havanese breed, and an ancillary discussion of
dwarfism in the GSD, even though the site owner
did not want to use that word for the condition.
Havanese with
dwarfism display ocular abnormalities as
do a few other breeds.
Great Pyrenees have their own style of micromelic
dwarfism, too, as
do a few other breeds.