| Autor: |
Marina Mordenti, Manila Boarini, Federico Banchelli, Diego Antonioli, Serena Corsini, Maria Gnoli, Manuela Locatelli, Elena Pedrini, Eric Staals, Giovanni Trisolino, Marcella Lanza, Luca Sangiorgi |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
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| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Endocrinology, Vol 14 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1664-2392 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fendo.2023.1299232 |
| Popis: |
IntroductionThe present study aims to describe a large cohort of Italian patients affected by osteogenesis imperfecta, providing a picture of the clinical bony and non-bony features and the molecular background to improve knowledge of the disease to inform appropriate management in clinical practice.MethodsA total of 568 subjects (from 446 unrelated Italian families) affected by osteogenesis imperfecta who received outpatient care at Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli from 2006 to 2021 were considered in the present study.ResultsSkeletal and extraskeletal features were analyzed showing a lower height (mean z-scores equal to -1.54 for male patients and -1.47 for female patients) compared with the general Italian population. Half of the patient population showed one or more deformities, and most of the patients had suffered a relatively low number of fractures ( |
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