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fragilitas ossium

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fragilitas /fra·gil·i·tas/ (frah-jil´ĭ-tas) [L.] fragility.
fragilitas cri´nium  a brittleness of the hair.
fragilitas os´sium  osteogenesis imperfecta.
fragilitas un´guium  abnormal brittleness of the nails.

fragilitas ossium.
fragilitas ossium (frajil´ēts os´ēm),
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Q. is their any way to cure osteogenesis imperfecta my son has this bone disorder and can;t stand to see him cry thank you for any help

A. as far as i know- OI is a genetic problem. today there is no cure to genetic problems. there is a big research on gene therapy but there's a long long road before we will see any result..sorry... but there are several treatments that can ease your son's pain, here is a wonderful site that stores a vast amount of information about IO, including recent studies and researches:
http://www.oif.org/site/PageServer

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