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Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Osteitis Deformans

Preferred term

Osteitis Deformans  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A disease marked by repeated episodes of increased bone resorption followed by excessive attempts at repair, resulting in weakened, deformed bones of increased mass. The resultant architecture of the bone assumes a mosaic pattern in which the fibers take on a haphazard pattern instead of the normal parallel symmetry.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Osseous Paget's Disease
  • Paget Disease, Bone
  • Paget Disease of Bone
  • Paget's Disease of Bone

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-C5SXKPCG-5

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