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Homozygosity for a missense mutation in SERPINH1, which encodes the collagen chaperone protein HSP47, results in severe recessive osteogenesis imperfecta.
American journal of human genetics - 12 Mar 2010
Christiansen Helena E, Schwarze Ulrike, Pyott Shawna M, AlSwaid Abdulrahman, Al Balwi Mohammed, Alrasheed Shatha, Pepin Melanie G, Weis Mary Ann, Eyre David R, Byers Peter H
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is characterized by bone fragility and fractures that may be accompanied by bone deformity, dentinogenesis imperfecta, short stature, and shortened life span. About 90% of individuals with OI have dominant mutations in the type I collagen genes COL1A1 and COL1A2. Rece...
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