In a 5-year prospective study for newborns at Al Ain Medical District, Al-Gazali et al. (2003) defined the pattern and birth prevalence of the different types of osteochondrodysplasias in the United Arab Emirates. Among the 38,048 births during the study period,  one case, born to a consanguineous parents, had Schneckenbecken dysplasia. Al-Gazali et al. (2003) calculated the birth rate of this type of osteochondrodysplasia in the United Arab Emirates to be 0.26/10,000 births. The study exhibited a cohort of 88% Arabs. 

Chemke et al. (1971) and Graff et al. (1972) described thanatophoric dwarfism in two male offspring of first-cousin Moroccan Jewish parents. In the second-born affected sib the diagnosis was made antenatally by X-ray. However, after review of the radiographs of one, Rimoin (1975) concluded that this was not thanatophoric dwarfism. Thus, Rimoin (1975) concluded that 'there are no well-documented examples of familial thanatophoric dwarfism; a genetically lethal autosomal dominant mutation or an environmental agent could explain' its occurrence. Knowles et al. (1986) and Borochowitz et al. (1986) suggested that the disorder reported by Chemke et al. (1971) and Graff et al. (1972) was the same as the 'new' autosomal recessive dysplasia they described under the designation of Schneckenbecken dysplasia.