| Medical Encyclopedia: Achondroplasia: Prognosis |
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Achondroplasia is a disease which causes considerable deformity. However, with careful attention paid to the development of dangerous complications (nerve compression, hydrocephalus), most people are in good health, and can live a normal lifespan.
— Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt, MD
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