Eating 1 cup of chopped carrots provides you with 10,605 micrograms of vitamin A, which is far more than the 900 micrograms required daily for men or 700 micrograms for women, according to the Linus Pauling Institute.
Rare exceptions are usually the result of a secondary factor, such as excess fluid around the brain (hydrocephalus). The most common cause of dwarfism is a disorder called achondroplasia, which causes disproportionately short stature. This disorder usually results in the following: 1  An average-size trunk.
Achondroplasia is caused by a gain-in-function mutation in the gene that encodes the FGFR3. In the growth plate, the natural function of FGFR3 is to reduce the growth pace, acting in concert with several other agents, such as CNP.chondroplasia is caused by a gain-in-function mutation in the gene that encodes the FGFR3. In the growth plate, the natural function of FGFR3 is to reduce the growth pace, acting in concert with several other agents, such as CNP.