A familial occurrence of osteogenesis imperfecta.
The familial occurrence of a mesenchymal disorder--Osteogenesis imperfecta--is reported. A pedigree analysis reveals a pattern that concurs with one suggested mode of inheritance for the disorder. However, additional information is deemed necessary before an unequivocal etiology can be established for the connective tissue disorder.
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D012590:Sclera / Q000002:abnormalities