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Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
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<p>Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED), also known as Fairbank's disease, is a rare <a href="/facts/Genetic_disorder/hFqt2NLn">genetic disorder</a> (dominant form: 1 in 10,000 births) that affects the <a href="/facts/Epiphyseal_plate/Q1VuGTDS">growing ends of bones</a>. Long bones normally elongate by expansion of cartilage in the <a href="/facts/Epiphyseal_plate/Q1VuGTDS">growth plate (epiphyseal plate)</a> near their ends. As it expands outward from the growth plate, the cartilage <a href="/facts/Mineralization_(biology)/m5mGPaTM">mineralizes</a> and hardens to become bone (<a href="/facts/Ossification/6ETh4tp8">ossification</a>). In MED, this process is defective. </p>