What is Paget's disease of bone?
Paget's disease of bone is a chronic bone disorder. Normally, there is a process in which your bones break down and then regrow. In Paget's disease, this process is abnormal. There is excessive breakdown and regrowth of bone. Because the bones regrow too quickly, they are bigger and softer than normal. They may be misshapen and easily fractured (broken). Paget's usually affects just one or a few bones.
What causes Paget's disease of bone?
Researchers do not know for sure what causes Paget's disease. Environmental factors may play a role. In some cases, the disease runs in families, and several genes have been linked to the disease.
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- Paget's Disease of Bone (National Library of Medicine)What is Paget's disease of bone? Paget's disease of bone is a chronic bone disorder. Normally, there is a process in which your bones break down and then ...
- Paget's Disease of Bone/Clinical Trials ... Paget's Disease of Bone ... National Institutes of Health ... From the National Institutes of Health
- Paget disease is a disorder that involves abnormal bone destruction and regrowth. This results in deformity of the affected bones.
- ... to cause the disease. Osseous Paget's disease Osteitis deformans Paget disease, bone Paget's disease of bone ...
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