Osteogenesis imperfecta historical perspective
|
Osteogenesis imperfecta Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Osteogenesis imperfecta historical perspective On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Osteogenesis imperfecta historical perspective |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Osteogenesis imperfecta historical perspective |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Historical Perspective
The condition, or types of it, have had various other names over the years and in different nations. Among some of the most common alternatives are Ekman-Lobstein syndrome, Vrolik syndrome, and the colloquial glass-bone disease. The name "Osteogenesis Imperfecta" dates to at least 1895[1] and has been the usual medical term in the twentieth century to present. The current four type system began with Sillence in 1979.[2] An older system deemed less severe types "Osteogenesis Imperfecta Tarda" while more severe forms were deemed "Osteogenesis Imperfecta Congenita."[3] As this did not differentiate well, and all forms are congenital, this has since fallen out of favour.
The condition has been found in an Ancient Egyptian mummy from 1000 BC. The Norse king Ivar the Boneless may have had this condition as well. The earliest studies of it began in 1788 with the Swede Olof Jakob Ekman. He described the condition in his doctoral thesis and mentioned cases of it going back to 1678. In 1831, Edmund Axmann described it in himself and two brothers. Johann Friedrich Georg Christian Martin Lobstein dealt with it in adults in 1833. Willem Vrolik did work on the condition in the 1850s. The idea that the adult and newborn forms were the same came in 1897 with Martin Benno Schmidt.[4]
References
- ↑ K. Buday, Beiträge zur Lehre von der Osteogenesis imperfecta (1895)
- ↑ Sillence DO, Senn A, Danks DM (1979). "Genetic heterogeneity in osteogenesis imperfecta". J. Med. Genet. 16 (2): 101–16. PMID 458828.
- ↑ "Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation: Glossary". Retrieved 2007-07-05.
- ↑ Template:WhoNamedIt