Scoliosis in osteogenesis imperfecta: identifying the genetic and non-genetic factors affecting severity and progression from longitudinal data of 290 patients
Scoliosis is widely prevalent among osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) patients, and is progressive with age. However, factors affecting scoliosis in OI are not well known.
Source: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Peikai Chen, Yapeng Zhou, Zhijia Tan, Yunzhi Lin, Daniel Li-Liang Lin, Jingwei Wu, Zeluan Li, Hiu Tung Shek, Jianbin Wu, Yong Hu, Feng Zhu, Danny Chan, Kenneth Man-Chee Cheung and Michael Kai-Tsun To Tags: Research Source Type: research
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