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Echocardiographic phenotype in osteogenesis imperfecta varies with disease severity.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 1 Mar 2017
Rush Eric T, Li Ling, Goodwin Jennifer L, Kreikemeier Rose M, Craft Mary, Danford David A, Kutty Shelby
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Our purpose was to investigate cardiovascular abnormalities in children with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). METHODS: Two hundred children (100 OI, 100 matched volunteers) were prospectively studied. Aortic and left ventricular (LV) measurements were performed using transthoracic echocardiography. Patients were typed according to modified phenotypical Sillence classification as published...
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