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Xuân Trương is a co-founder of Access CLT and a licensed clinical social work associate who was born with Osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as OI or brittle bone disease.
—Dasia Williams, Charlotte Observer, 19 July 2024
Our working diagnosis was osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), or brittle bone disease, an extremely rare condition that weakens bones.
—Amitha Kalaichandran, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2018
There’s Tollsyn Crandall, the 13-year-old with Osteogenesis imperfecta, a brittle bone disease.
—Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2022
Thompson is also a disability rights speaker, facilitator and consultant who has osteogenesis imperfecta (commonly known as brittle bone disease) and is also a little woman who uses a wheelchair, and is hard of hearing.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022
A few years ago, Lee and Germain-Lee tested this drug on mice diagnosed with a version of brittle bone disease.
—Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2020
Whiley was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, an affliction commonly referred to as brittle bone disease.
—Wayne Coffey, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2020
Monatsi, 49, has a genetic condition known as brittle bone disease, which led to numerous arm and leg fractures.
—Michael Laris, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2020
The kid representing Russia at the Model UN is played by an actor who has osteogenesis imperfecta (a genetic disorder also known as brittle bone disease), and that isn’t even mentioned.
—Katie Musgrave, refinery29.com, 20 May 2020
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First Known Use
1960, in the meaning defined above
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“Brittle bone disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brittle%20bone%20disease. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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