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Long-term follow-up findings in a Turkish girl with osteogenesis imperfecta type XX caused by a homozygous MESD variant.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 May 2022
Uludağ Alkaya Dilek, Uyguner Zehra Oya, Güneş Nilay, Tüysüz Beyhan
Abstract excerpt
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a heterogeneous group of disorders with bone fragility. In 2019, homozygous pathogenic variants in MESD were described for the first time in five patients with severe form of OI. To date, 12 patients have been reported. The aim of this study is to report long-term follow-up findings of a girl with MESD variant. She had triangular face, sparse hair, wide fontanelle, blue sclera,...
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