ba0004lb2 | (1) | ICCBH2015
Mendoza Roberto
, Fahiminiya Somayyeh
, Majewski Jacek
, Consortium Care4Rare Canada
, Tetreault Martine
, Nadaf Javad
, Kannu Peter
, Sochett Etienne
, Howard Andrew
, Stimec Jennifer
, Dupuis Lucie
, Roschger Paul
, Klaushofer Klaus
, Palomo Telma
, Ouellet Jean
, Al-Jallad Hadil
, Mort John
, Moffatt Pierre
, Boudko Sergei
, Bachinger Hans-Peter
, Rauch Frank
Objectives: We sought to identify the disease-causing mutations in two unrelated girls with a clinical diagnosis of osteogenesis imperfecta type IV.Methods: Whole-exome sequencing and cellular studies in skin fibroblasts were conducted.Results: We identified two homozygous variants in SPARC (NM_003118.3; c.497G>A (p.Arg166His) in individual 1; c.787G>A (p.Glu263Lys) in individual 2). Secreted protein, acidic, cyste...