GENETIC-HETEROGENEITY IN OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA
GENETIC-HETEROGENEITY IN OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA
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DOI:
10.1136/jmg.16.2.101
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
DANKS, DM
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作者:
SILLENCE, DO;SENN, A;DANKS, DM
An epidemiological and genetical study of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) in Victoria, Australia confirmed that there are at least 4 distinct syndromes at present called OI. The largest group of patients showed autosomal dominant inheritance of osteoporosis leading to fractures and distinctly blue sclerae. A large proportion of adults had presenile deafness or a family history of presenile conductive hearing loss. A 2nd group, who comprised the majority of newborns with neonatal fractures, all died before or soon after birth. These had characteristic broad, crumpled femora and beaded ribs in skeletal X-rays. Autosomal recessive inheritance was likely for some, if not all, of these cases. A 3rd group, of whom 2/3 had fractures at birth, showed severe progressive deformity of limbs and spine. The density of scleral blueness appeared less than that seen in the 1st group of patients and approximated that seen in normal children and adults. The blueness appeared to decrease with age. All patients in this group were sporadic cases. The model of inheritance was not resolved by the study, but it is likely that the group is heterogeneous with both dominant and recessive genotypes responsible for the syndrome. The 4th group of patients showed dominant inheritance of osteoporosis leading to fractures, with variable deformity of long bones, but normal sclerae.