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Extending the global landscape of Bruck syndrome: Case series of Indonesian and Ukrainian patients with PLOD2 pathogenic variants and literature review.

New cases of a rare bone fragility syndrome identified globally expand understanding of the disease and support international research networks.

PLOD2-variant Bruck syndrome documented in Indonesian and Ukrainian patients expands the global geographic and mutational landscape of this ultra-rare bone fragility syndrome, supporting international epidemiological characterisation efforts. This record was retained from the prior triage attempt for PubMed pipeline handoff.

What the study was

Study design
case_series
Category
rare_diseases
Maturity
Validated
Journal
Bone Reports

Why it surfaced

Ultra-rare genetic disorder (Bruck syndrome PLOD2 variants) with expanding global landscape; relevant to rare disease precision diagnostics and international genomic surveillance.

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