Osteogenesis imperfecta in children and adolescents-new developments in diagnosis and treatment.

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is the most prevalent heritable bone fragility disorder in children. It has been known for three decades that the majority of individuals with OI have mutations in COL1A1 or COL1A2, the two genes coding for collagen type I alpha chains, but in the past 10 years defects in at least 17 other genes have been linked to OI. Almost all individuals with a typical OI phenotype have a mutation...

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