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Q: Who discovered brittle bone disease?
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Is Brittle Bone Disease genetic?

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Can babies be born with bone fractures or bone diseases causing them?

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Do any famous people have brittle bone disease?

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What is the disease with paper skin and glass bones?

I can't find the name of the paper skin disease, but the condition of having glass bones is called Osteogenesis Imperfecta, or Brittle Bone Disease.


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The drugs described here are used to treat or prevent osteoporosis (brittle bone disease) in women past menopause as well as older men. They also are used prescribed for Paget's disease.


What is wrong with Atticus Shaffer?

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Why if folsafe given to pregnant lady?

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What is the medical term meaning bones like glass?

Osteogenesis imperfecta (oste = bone + genesis = to make ++ im = not + perfecta = complete) is also know as "Brittle Bone Disease", "Lobstein Syndrome" and "Glass Bone Disease". It is a genetic disorder present in 1 out of every 20,000 live births. In the USA, there are approximately 20,000 to 50,000 people receiving treatment for this disease.