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Genetic analysis in Japanese patients with osteogenesis imperfecta: Genotype and phenotype spectra in 96 probands.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 1 Jun 2021
Higuchi Yousuke, Hasegawa Kosei, Futagawa Natsuko, Yamashita Miho, Tanaka Hiroyuki, Tsukahara Hirokazu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a rare connective-tissue disorder characterized by bone fragility. Approximately 90% of all OI cases are caused by variants in COL1A1 or COL1A2. Additionally, IFITM5 variants are responsible for the unique OI type 5. We previously analyzed COL1A1/2 variants in 22 Japanese families with OI through denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography screening, but our...
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