Paget's bone disease

Paget disease of bone is a focal osteometabolic disorder with a stronggenetic component characterized by increases in bone turnover affectingone or more bones throughout the skeleton. Paget disease canbe asymptomatic but is frequently associated with bone pain, bonedeformities, pathological fracture...

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Main Authors: Fábio Freire José, Andre Castanho de Almeida Pernambuco, Denise Tokechi do Amaral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2008-03-01
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.einstein.br/revista/arquivos/PDF/767-Einstein%20Suplemento%20v6n1%20pS79-88.pdf