Publisher's Synopsis
This book is based upon two decades of experience with more than 3,000 patients with inherited skeleton disorders. The main thrust of the text concerns a comprehensive and critical review of the background of these conditions. An account is given of their salient manifestations and, in many instances, the disorders have been depicted.;This second edition has been extensively revised. Many new illustrations have been added and the bibliography updated. A number of new disorders have been delineated since the first edition and these are all included. The work should be of interest to geneticists, paediatricians and orthopaedic surgeons.
