Svein Fredwall, MD, Ph.D., a healthcare professional at Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, TRS National Resource Centre for Rare Disorders, Nesodden, Norway, is working on the Norwegian Adult Achondroplasia Study, and this work on symptomatic spinal stenosis in adults with achondroplasia is the first of three articles.

In order to provide a more uniform and structured approach to the management of foramen magnum stenosis in infants with achondroplasia, the authors of this paper developed a list of 22 recommendations for this purpose. It involved a panel of 11 multidisciplinary international experts on skeletal dysplasias.

This paper discusses whether neuroimaging should be part of the recommended routine tests done to infants with achondroplasia, based on clinical experience, medical records and on how sensitive clinical examination, medical records and polysomnography findings alone are in identifying cord compression.

This paper is directed at improving healthcare for children with achondroplasia by providing guidelines for pediatricians to follow. It includes growth curves and recommendations for health supervision by age group.

A paper reviewing the care needs of people with achondroplasia, the best practices and describes the achondroplastic phenotype.

This paper describes the first pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) with in-vitro fertilization (IFV) in patients with achondroplasia and also discusses the "ethical and obstetrical" considerations which should be taken into account.