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Clinical and genetic analysis in 185 Chinese probands of osteogenesis imperfecta.
Journal of bone and mineral metabolism - 1 May 2021
Xi Lei, Zhang Hao, Zhang Zhen-Lin
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INTRODUCTION: Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a well-known heritable disorder of connective tissue characterized by skeletal fragility and low bone mass. Nearly 90% of patients with OI have disease variants in COL1A1 and COL1A2 that encode for the α1 and α2 chains of type I collagen. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 185 probands who were diagnosed with OI in Shanghai Jiao Tong University...
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