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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 16(8), 1379–1387 (2001), DOI:10.1359/jbmr.2001.16.8.1379
Paget's disease of bone (osteitis deformans) is a focal disorder of accelerated skeletal remodeling that can involve a single bone (monostotic) or multiple bones (polyostotic) and leads to bone hypertrophy, cortical expansion, and an abnormal bone structure responsible for bone pain and bone deformity and skeletal fragility. Complications of this disease can involve bones (deformity, fracture, and neoplastic degeneration), joints (osteoarthritis), the nervous system, and the vascular system. …
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