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Connective tissue diseases (view source)
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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Rare. | *Rare. | ||
*Numerous subtypes. | *Numerous subtypes - mild-to-severe symptoms/survival. | ||
*May be misdiagnosed as child abuse.<ref name=pmid21716141>{{Cite journal | last1 = Singh Kocher | first1 = M. | last2 = Dichtel | first2 = L. | title = Osteogenesis imperfecta misdiagnosed as child abuse. | journal = J Pediatr Orthop B | volume = 20 | issue = 6 | pages = 440-3 | month = Nov | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/BPB.0b013e328347a2e1 | PMID = 21716141 }}</ref> | *May be misdiagnosed as child abuse.<ref name=pmid21716141>{{Cite journal | last1 = Singh Kocher | first1 = M. | last2 = Dichtel | first2 = L. | title = Osteogenesis imperfecta misdiagnosed as child abuse. | journal = J Pediatr Orthop B | volume = 20 | issue = 6 | pages = 440-3 | month = Nov | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/BPB.0b013e328347a2e1 | PMID = 21716141 }}</ref> | ||
Clinical: | |||
*+/-Blue sclerae.<ref name=pmid1202551>{{Cite journal | last1 = Smith | first1 = R. | last2 = Francis | first2 = MJ. | last3 = Bauze | first3 = RJ. | title = Osteogenesis imperfecta. A clinical and biochemical study of a generalized connective tissue disorder. | journal = Q J Med | volume = 44 | issue = 176 | pages = 555-73 | month = Oct | year = 1975 | doi = | PMID = 1202551 }}</ref> | |||
*Multiple fractures. | |||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||