Questions and answers about heritable disorders of connective tissue - Health Topics - Pamphlet

Pamphlet by: Nat'l Inst. of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, July 1, 2001

Acknowledgments

The NIAMS gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Alan Moshell, M.D., and Bernadette Tyree, Ph.D., NIAMS; Peter Byers, M.D., University of Washington, Seattle; Priscilla Ciccariello, Coalition for Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue, Sag Harbor, NY; Leslie Dawson, Eagle Design & Management, Bethesda, MD; Hal Dietz, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Jeanne Mandeville, Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation, Hopkins, MN; Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas-Houston Medical School; Francesco Ramirez, Ph.D., Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY; Joel Rosenbloom, M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia; David Rowe, M.D., University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington; Heller An Shapiro, Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation, Gaithersburg, MD; Sharon Terry, PXE International, Inc., Sharon, MA; and Jouni Uitto, M.D., Ph.D., Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, in the preparation and review of this publication. Cheri Clark of Eagle Design & Management wrote this booklet.

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