Recent progress in osteogenesis imperfecta.

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a rare clinical disease with abnormal type I collagen, is inherited or caused by mutation. A classification of OI into four types was proposed in 1979 and has been used up until four new types were added recently. A tough clinical challenge, OI causes abnormal blood coagulation and cardiovascular structure, airways obstruction, and delayed wound healing. The authors of the current...

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