ea0039oc5.6 | Oral Communications 5 | BSPED2015
Webb Emma
, Balasubramanian Meena
, Fratzl-Zelman N
, Titheradge H
, Cole Trevor
, Stewart S
, Crabtree Nicola
, Cabral W B
, Owens B
, Roschger P
, Klaushofer K
, Marini J C
, Shaw N
, Hogler W
Background: TMEM38B is a ubiquitously expressed monovalent cation-specific channel protein hypothesized to play a role in intracellular calcium homeostasis. To date, only two unique recessively inherited exon deletions in TMEM38B have been reported in 17 individuals with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). Data on bone histomorphometry and bone material property have not previously been presented.Cases: Targeted next generation sequencing was performe...