Is there a difference between achondroplasia and dwarfism?

Thanks. (any sources would be helpful)

Achondroplasia is one of the causes of dwarfism -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achondropla...

There are a couple different types:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarfism

Both are dwarfism, but are like subgroups sort of, different kinds of dwarfism, so theres not really a difference between them. Try googling dwarves

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