When Narelle Jordan's bones began breaking like matchsticks, officials reached a grim, mistaken...

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  • Author(s): Chin, P.; Brown, S.A.
  • Source:
    People. 12/3/90, Vol. 34 Issue 22, p97. 4p. 7 Black and White Photographs.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      JORDAN, Narelle
    • Abstract:
      Recounts the ordeals of the Jordan family, whose daughter Narelle, four, broke nine bones by age three, causing authorities to take Eleanor and Michael to court on child abuse charges. Narelle was finally diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder osteogenesis imperfecta, which causes dangerously brittle bones. Diagnosis; Allegations; Family problems; Emotional scars.