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What is new in genetics and osteogenesis imperfecta classification?
Jornal de pediatria - 1 Jan 2000
Valadares Eugênia R, Carneiro Túlio B, Santos Paula M, Oliveira Ana Cristina, Zabel Bernhard
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OBJECTIVE: Literature review of new genes related to osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) and update of its classification. SOURCES: Literature review in the PubMed and OMIM databases, followed by selection of relevant references. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS: In 1979, Sillence et al. developed a classification of OI subtypes based on clinical features and disease severity: OI type I, mild, common, with blue sclera; OI type...
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