Five patients in a Chinese family with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia

Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia （MED） is an .osteochondrodysplasia characterized clinically by mild short stature and early-onset degenerative joint disease and radiographically by epiphyseal hypoplasia/ dysplasia. However, the intelligence of the patients is within the normal range. We report a rare case of a MED family with five affected individuals seen in 2009 as follows.