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Hyperostosis

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Definition: Increase in the mass of bone per unit volume.     
Examples Exostoses; Hyperostosis, Cortical, Congenital; Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal; Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna; Hyperostosis, Sternocostoclavicular
Other names Hypertrophy, Bone; Hypertrophies, Bone; Hyperostoses; Bone Hypertrophies; Bone Hypertrophy
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Hyperostosis-hyperphosphatemia syndrome  0   *Hyperostosis *Hyperphosphatemia.
Calvarial hyperostosis  0   *Hyperostosis *Craniofacial Abnormalities.
Sclerosteosis  0   *Syndactyly *Hyperostosis.
Schwartz-Lelek syndrome  0   *Bone Diseases, Developmental *Hypertelorism *Hyperostosis *Craniofacial Abnormalities.

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