This article was something for me to do with all the extra time on my hands, since it's summer vacation now. Thought I'd tell you a little about a fairly uncommon disease that I wanted to know about. Hopefully it won't bore any of you to death; I tried to make it as brief as possible.
Osteogenesis Imperfecta. It literally means 'bones that are not perfect at birth'.
I doubt many of you have even heard of this disease. It is a genetic disorder that is characterized by bones that are very weak and break easily (hence the nickname
"Brittle Bone Disease").
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