Note: Paget's disease is caused by a high level of bone resorption by osteoclasts followed by rapid formation of structurally unsound bone by osteoblasts. Symptoms include bowing of the long bones, deformation of the skull and pelvis, and abnormal fractures occurring in weakened bone.
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Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
Most people with Paget's disease also develop cancerous tumors in their breast tissue.
—Melissa Matthews, Men's Health, 31 May 2023
There was no evidence found for conditions hypothesized by some experts such as otosclerosis or Paget's disease, Begg said.
—Fox News, 25 Mar. 2023
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“Paget's disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Paget%27s%20disease. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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Paget's disease
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Note: Paget's disease is caused by a high level of bone resorption by osteoclasts followed by rapid formation of structurally unsound bone by osteoblasts. Bowing of the long bones, deformation of the flat bones, and abnormal fractures occur in the weakened bone.
called also osteitis deformans, osteodystrophia deformans
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