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- EIN 23-7076021
- 804 W Diamond Ave Ste 210 Gaithersburg MD 20878 USA
- http://www.oif.org
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Causes: Family Services, Health, Human Services, Nerve, Muscle & Bone Diseases, Nerve, Muscle & Bone Diseases Research
Mission: Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disorder characterized by bones that break easily, often from little or no apparent cause. A classification system of different types of OI is commonly used to help describe how severely a person with OI is affected. For example, a person may have just a few or as many as several hundred fractures in a lifetime. For a person with OI, a cough or a sneeze can break a rib, rolling over can break a leg. The Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation, founded in 1970 as a national network of volunteers hosting support groups for people with OI and their families, has a dual purpose of funding research to find a cure and providing support to people with OI and their families.