Back خلل التنسج المشاشي المتعدد Arabic Multipla epifizna displazija BS Displàsia epifisària múltiple Catalan Multiple epiphysäre Dysplasie German Πολλαπλή επιφυσιακή δυσπλασία Greek Displasia epifisaria múltiple Spanish Epifisi displasia anizkoitz Basque مالتیپل اپی فیزیال دیسپلازیا Persian Dysplasie polyépiphysaire French Displasia epifisaria multipla Italian
| Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia | |
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| Specialty | Medical genetics  |
| Duration | Lifelong |
Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED), also known as Fairbank's disease, is a rare genetic disorder (dominant form: 1 in 10,000 births) that affects the growing ends of bones. Long bones normally elongate by expansion of cartilage in the growth plate (epiphyseal plate) near their ends. As it expands outward from the growth plate, the cartilage mineralizes and hardens to become bone (ossification). In MED, this process is defective.