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Genetic and Clinical Spectrum of Osteogenesis Imperfecta in an Egyptian Cohort With a High Rate of Lethal Phenotypes.
Clinical genetics - 1 Apr 2026
Elhady Ghada, Amin Asmaa K, Iturrate Asier, El-Dessouky Sara, Nevado Julian, Campos-Xavier Belinda, Matsa Lova S, Giunta Cecilia, Lapunzina Pablo, Ruiz-Perez Victor L, Abdalla Ebtesam
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a genetically heterogeneous connective tissue disorder marked by bone fragility and deformities. This study aimed to define the clinical and molecular characteristics of 21 OI patients from 15 unrelated Egyptian families. Most probands were analyzed by exome sequencing. In three consanguineous cases, variants were identified through SNP array-based homozygosity mapping followed by...
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