This disease is a rare disorder formally associated with a fragile skeleton, as

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This disease is a rare disorder formally associated with a fragile skeleton, as well as varying systemic complications. It is a lifelong disorder triggered by a gene mutation and often associated with a blue sclera and varying degrees of asthma This disease is a rare disorder formally associated with a fragile skeleton, as well as varying systemic complications. It is a lifelong disorder triggered by a gene mutation and often associated with a blue sclera and varying degrees of asthma This disease is a rare disorder formally associated with a fragile skeleton, as well as varying systemic complications. It is a lifelong disorder triggered by a gene mutation and often associated with a blue sclera and varying degrees of asthma

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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disease, the affected persons have fragile bones that break easily. The blue sclera (whites of eyes) and varying degree of asthma are also observed in the patients. In this genetic disease, the mutation affects the collagen production or the other proteins related to collagen.

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