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EMQN best practice guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis of osteogenesis imperfecta.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2012
van Dijk Fleur S, Byers Peter H, Dalgleish Raymond, Malfait Fransiska, Maugeri Alessandra, Rohrbach Marianne, Symoens Sofie, Sistermans Erik A, Pals Gerard
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) comprises a group of inherited disorders characterized by bone fragility and increased susceptibility to fractures. Historically, the laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis OI rested on cultured dermal fibroblasts to identify decreased or abnormal production of abnormal type I (pro)collagen molecules, measured by gel electrophoresis. With the discovery of COL1A1 and COL1A2 gene...
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