Brittle bone disease: a case report

We report a case of a female patient, 27 years old, with several episodes of fractures after low energy trauma and the first documented episode only to 18 years of age. Extensive research has not found the exact etiology of the disease. The orthopedic monitoring has targeted prevention and treatment...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Pace Lasmar, Jorge Suman Vieira, Rafael Pereira Marques, Josiane Neves Coelho Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2013-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162013000300286&lng=en&tlng=en