Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0007p196 | (1) | ICCBH2019

Sleep related problems in children with osteogenesis imperfecta

Murphy Kieran , Hill Claire , Barker Nicki , Kingshott Ruth

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disorder affecting 1 in 10,000 births with a wide variability in phenotypes. Clinical Manifestations include; recurrent fractures, bone pain, varying degrees of short stature and deformity, scoliosis, kyphosis, and respiratory failure in the severest types. Sleep disorders are under-acknowledged and are often more problematic in children with chronic illnesses. Moldosky1 identified the link between pain affecting quality of ...