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A nonclassical IFITM5 mutation located in the coding region causes severe osteogenesis imperfecta with prenatal onset.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Jun 2014
Hoyer-Kuhn Heike, Semler Oliver, Garbes Lutz, Zimmermann Katharina, Becker Jutta, Wollnik Bernd, Schoenau Eckhard, Netzer Christian
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a hereditary connective tissue disorder characterized by a wide range of skeletal symptoms. Most patients have dominantly inherited or de novo mutations in COL1A1 or COL1A2. Up to 5% of patients have OI type V, characterized by hyperplastic callus formation after fractures, calcification of the interosseous membrane of the forearm, and a mesh-like lamellation pattern observed in...
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