TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Genetic drift: a case of abuse JO - American journal of medical genetics. part C, seminars in medical genetics A1 - Marion, Robert SP - 349 EP - 352 VL - 169 IS - 4 N2 - In this essay, an infant with multiple fractures is removed from the custody of her parents because of suspected child abuse. Subsequently studies reveal that the child has osteogenesis imperfecta, type III. Though the child is eventually returned to the mother's custody, her entire first year has been spent in foster care. The essay illustrates the toll taken on families when a diagnosis of OI is missed or delayed. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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