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SUBMITTER: van Dijk FS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3343766 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van Dijk F S FS Cobben J M JM Kariminejad A A Maugeri A A Nikkels P G J PG van Rijn R R RR Pals G G
Molecular syndromology 20111012 1
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is characterized by susceptibility to bone fractures, with a severity ranging from subtle increase in fracture frequency to prenatal fractures. The first scientific description of OI dates from 1788. Since then, important milestones in OI research and treatment have, among others, been the classification of OI into 4 types (the 'Sillence classification'), the discovery of defects in collagen type I biosynthesis as a cause of most cases of OI and the use of bisphospho ...[more]