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osteogenesis imperfecta type 20

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An osteogenesis imperfecta characterized by osteopenia, skeletal deformity, and both healed and new fractures on radiography that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in MESD on chromosome 15q25.1.

Signs and symptoms

  • Delayed gross motor development
  • Microcephaly
  • Disproportionate short-limb short stature
  • Midface retrusion
  • Intrauterine growth retardation
  • Tented upper lip vermilion
  • High palate
  • Narrow chest
  • Retrognathia
  • Posteriorly rotated ears

Also known as: OI20; osteogenesis imperfecta type XX