Cardiovascular involvement in osteogenesis imperfecta.
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Cardiovascular Involvement in Children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta
OBJECTIVE Osteogenesis imperfecta is a hereditary disease resulting from mutation in type I procollagen genes. One of the extra skeletal manifestations of this disease is cardiac involvement. The prevalence of cardiac involvement is still unknown in the children with osteogenesis imperfecta. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence of cardiovascular abnormalities in these patients....
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.73.1.54