Prenatal diagnosis of osteogenesis imper
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Lieve Nuytinck; Bekir Sitki Sayli; Wettinck Karen; Anne De Paepe
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) type I is caused by a reduction of type I collagen resulting from the presence of a non-functional COL1A1 allele (null-allele). Owing to the lack of mutant mRNA, genomic screening of the COL1A1 and COL1A2 genes is required to identify a causal mutation, which is a costly