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Is osteogenesis imperfecta a type of the disease dwafism?
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No: Osteogenesis imperfecta deals with fragile bones and increase risk of fractures easily. Now with these fractures children's stature can be shorter but it is not a form frust of dwarfism. Various types exist and will manifest as fractures immediate at birth versus those that can occur later in infancy.
Answered 3/26/2013
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