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Osteitis Deformans

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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.      Other names Paget's Disease of Bone; Pagets Disease, Bone; Paget Disease, Bone; Paget Disease of Bone
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Familial Paget's disease of bone  0   *Osteitis Deformans.
Hyperostosis corticalis deformans juvenilis  0   *Osteitis Deformans.

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