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Osteopetrosis (Marble Bone Disease): A Rare Disease in Children
Osteopetrosis is a group of diseases that affects the growth and remodeling of bone and characterized by over growth and sclerosis of bone, with thickening of the bony cortices, abnormal dental development and narrowing of the marrow cavities throughout the skeleton. It is an uncommon disease of unknown cause. A 5-year-old boy was suffering from infantile (severe form) osteopetrosis with cardia...
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Osteopetrosis is one cause of osteosclerosis and may result in such serious oral complications as osteomyelitis and exposed necrotic bone. Dentists should be aware of patients with the disease because of its effect on osteoclast function, which results in impaired wound healing. The purpose of this paper is to review the causes, pathogenesis and differential diagnosis of osteopetrosis and to pr...
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Osteopetrosis is a rare metabolic bone disease characterized by generalized increase in skeletal mass. About 500 cases have been described in the literature. This disorder presents. In one of three forms: Osteopetosis Tarda , Osreopetrosis Congenital and “marble bone” disease. Osteopetrosis congentia results in bone marrow failur and is almost always fatal. Marble bone disease causes short st...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Modern Rheumatology Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2310-158X,1996-7012
DOI: 10.14412/1996-7012-2014-1-23-26