Fair Bank Disease

  • Also known as the multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, it is a rare genetic disorder (dominant form–1 in 10,000 births) which affects the growing ends of bones.
  • Bones usually elongate by a process that involves the depositing of cartilage at the ends of the bones called ossification.
  • This cartilage then mineralizes and hardens to become bone
  • Fairbank’s disease patients usually require management of pain and orthopedic procedures, for which facilities are available at tertiary care institutions in ....
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