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Unexplained fractures in infancy: looking for fragile bones

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  • Competing interests: NB receives grant support from the Arthritis Research Campaign and the Wellcome Trust to study bone disease in children and infants, and from Procter and Gamble, Sanofi-Aventis and Novartis pharmaceuticals to undertake studies of bisphosphonates in children with osteogenesis imperfecta. NB and AS undertake medical work remunerated through the Legal Aid Fund in the field of unexplained fractures in infancy. NB has a particular interest in the genetic causes of bone fragility in infancy and childhood. AD is director of the Sheffield Molecular Diagnostic Service, which provides testing of COL1A1 and COL1A2.

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