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osteogenesis imperfecta type 8

Disease Summary
Associated Targets (1)
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GARD Rare
Mondo Description Any osteogenesis imperfecta in which the cause of the disease is a mutation in the P3H1 gene.
Uniprot Description A form of osteogenesis imperfecta, a connective tissue disorder characterized by low bone mass, bone fragility and susceptibility to fractures after minimal trauma. Disease severity ranges from very mild forms without fractures to intrauterine fractures and perinatal lethality. Extraskeletal manifestations, which affect a variable number of patients, are dentinogenesis imperfecta, hearing loss, and blue sclerae. OI8 is characterized by disproportionate short stature, severe osteoporosis, shortening of the long bones, white sclerae, a round face and a short barrel-shaped chest.
Mondo Term and Equivalent IDs
MONDO:0012581:  osteogenesis imperfecta type 8
GARD:0010152: 
MESH:C536049: