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Parents, caregivers, and patients may need strong medical communities from day one

Achondroplasia results in multisystemic complications that require a multidisciplinary team familiar with best practices in its management. To ensure care coordination, it’s important for parents, caregivers, and patients to have a reliable expert at the centre of their care.1-5

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Primary specialists can help to coordinate a multidisciplinary approach to care

Because achondroplasia leads to foreseeable complications, setting the proper expectations for long-term management—including assembling an engaged care network—is essential. A multidisciplinary network of specialists can provide individualised recommendations to help mitigate the multisystemic complications of achondroplasia.1

References: 1. Hoover-Fong J, Scott CI, Jones MC; Committee on Genetics. Health supervision for people with achondroplasia. Pediatrics. 2020;145(6):e20201010. 2. Ireland PJ, Pacey V, Zankl A, Edwards P, Johnston LM, Savarirayan R. Optimal management of complications associated with achondroplasia. Appl Clin Genet. 2014;7:117-125. Published online June 24, 2014. 3. Hunter AG, Bankier A, Rogers JG, Sillence D, Scott CI Jr. Medical complications of achondroplasia: a multicentre patient review. J Med Genet. 1998;35(9):705-712. 4. Wright MJ, Irving MD. Clinical management of achondroplasia. Arch Dis Child. 2012;97(2):129-134. 5. Unger S, Bonafé L, Gouze E. Current care and investigational therapies in achondroplasia. Curr Osteoporos Rep. 2017;15(2):53-60.