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. 1991 Jul;28(7):433–442. doi: 10.1136/jmg.28.7.433

Osteogenesis imperfecta: translation of mutation to phenotype.

P H Byers 1, G A Wallis 1, M C Willing 1
PMCID: PMC1016951  PMID: 1895312

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