Brittle bone disease.
Brittle bone disease is also known as osteogenesis imperfecta, Vrolik syndrome and Lobstein syndrome. The condition is not gender specific and is present in all cultures. As the name of the disease suggests, the bones of people who have it are brittle and prone to fracture.
De Montfort University, Leicester.
Doreen
D
Crawford
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Annette
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Dearmun
D050071:Bone Density Conservation Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011788:Quality of Life
D050071:Bone Density Conservation Agents; D004164:Diphosphonates