PMID: 3757380Sep 1, 1986Paper

Research for genetic and environmental factors in orthopedic diseases

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
J F Crossan, R Wynne-Davies

Abstract

This is a review article of the past 40 years of research in Britain on the etiology of developmental disorders of the skeleton, covering both rare unifactorial diseases (chondroosteodystrophies) and common localized disorders (e.g., clubfoot and congenital dislocation of the hip) of multifactorial inheritance.

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