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Similar COL1A1 expression in fibroblasts from some patients with clinical otosclerosis and those with type I osteogenesis imperfecta.
The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology - 1 Feb 2002
McKenna Michael J, Kristiansen Arthur G, Tropitzsch Anke S
Abstract excerpt
Because of the clinical and histopathologic similarities between otosclerosis and type I osteogenesis imperfecta, we examined COL1A1 messenger RNA (mRNA) expression in cultured fibroblasts from patients with clinical otosclerosis to determine whether abnormalities of expression of COL1A1 were present, as has been reported in type I osteogenesis imperfecta. Type I osteogenesis imperfecta has been found to result...
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