Abstract:ObjectivesThanks to the advances of modern medicine it has become possible to reach a fertile age even in the case of serious illnesses, enabling those patients to realize their desire to have children. This is also the case with the extremely heterogeneous, often autosomal dominantly inherited osteogenesis imperfecta. Due to a disruption in collagen synthesis those patients are faced with multiple fractures, spinal deformities and a decrease in pulmonary capacity throughout the course of their lives, dependin… Show more
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