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The recurrent homozygous translation start site variant in CCDC134 in an individual with severe osteogenesis imperfecta of non-Morrocan ancestry.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 May 2022
Ali Taccyanna M, Linnenkamp Bianca D W, Yamamoto Guilherme L, Honjo Rachel S, Cabral de Menezes Filho Hamilton, Kim Chong Ae, Bertola Débora R
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a rare low-bone mass skeletal Mendelian disorder characterized by bone fragility leading to bone fractures, with deformities and stunted growth in the more severe phenotypes. Other common, nonskeletal findings include blue sclerae and dentinogenesis imperfecta. It is caused mainly by quantitative or structural defects in type I collagen, although dysregulation of different...
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