1. Osteogenesis Imperfecta By Brittany Green

2. What is Osteogenesis Imperfecta? • A genetic disorder that causes a person’s bones to break easily, often from little or no apparent trauma. • A.K.A “brittle bone disease”

3. Symptoms… • Type I: Have bone fractures during childhood and adolescence often due to minor trauma (mildest form) • Type II: Infants have bones that appear bent or crumbled and fractured before birth (most severe form). • Type III:Infants have very soft and fragile bones that may begin to fracture before birth or in early infancy. Some have rib fractures that can cause life-threatening problems with breathing.(Relatively severe)

4. Symptoms… • Type IV: Can range from mild to severe. About 25% of infants with type IV are born with bone fractures. Others may not have broken bones until later in their childhood or adulthood. They also have leg bones that are bowed at birth, but bowing usually lessens as they get older (most variable form).

5. What causes this Disease? • Osteogenesis Imperfecta is caused by one of several genes that aren’t working properly. Genes carry our hereditary (family) information. We each have two copies of most genes: one set from each parent. Genes are what make you look like your biological family.

6. Is there a test

7. Is there a Cure • There is no known cure for Osteogenesis Imperfecta

8. Sites… • http://www.genome.gov/25521839 • http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Bone/Osteogenesis_Imperfecta/osteogenesis_imperfecta_ff.asp