title: [Osteogenesis imperfecta. Clinical, functional and multidisciplinary evaluation of 65 patients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disease, in which the main clinical features are increased bone fragility, pathological fractures, blue sclera, dentinogenesis imperfecta and conductive or mixed hearing loss. Clinical variability is wide. Although there is no curative treatment, there are several therapeutic tools capable of improving the course of the condition and patient quality of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-five children seen in a Paediatric Hospital during six months in 2007 were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-five were type I OI, and thirty were types III-IV. Median age was 7.8 years (range 1.9-19.2); mean length of follow up was 4.7 years. The majority of children attended regular school for their corresponding age. Mean height was -1.4 sDS and -5.64 sDS in types I and III-IV respectively. Nineteen percent of patients were overweight and 11% were obese. Mean age at first orthopaedic surgery inserting telescopic rods was 6.5 years. Scoliosis was present in 44.6% of patients and was directly related to severity. Bleck's motor scale showed that 93% of patients with mild forms and 29% of severe forms had a sustainable walking ability. A wheelchair was used by 25% of patients. Family inheritance was confirmed in 65% of cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Integral care using a multidisciplinary approach is required due to the complexity and clinical variability of the condition.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Crecimiento y Desarrollo, Hospital de Pediatría, Buenos Aires, Argentina. virginiafano@gmail.com
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Celin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Del Pino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buceta
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Obregón
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Primomo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miscione
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lejarraga
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D015995:Prevalence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult