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Behavioral signs of pain and functional impairment in a mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta.
Bone - 1 Dec 2015
Abdelaziz Dareen M, Abdullah Sami, Magnussen Claire, Ribeiro-da-Silva Alfredo, Komarova Svetlana V, Rauch Frank, Stone Laura S
Abstract excerpt
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a congenital disorder caused most often by dominant mutations in the COL1A1 or COL1A2 genes that encode the alpha chains of type I collagen. Severe forms of OI are associated with skeletal deformities and frequent fractures. Skeletal pain can occur acutely after fracture, but also arises chronically without preceding fractures. In this study we assessed OI-associated pain in the...
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