Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone
"Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A disease of bone marked by thinning of the cortex by fibrous tissue containing bony spicules, producing pain, disability, and gradually increasing deformity. Only one bone may be involved (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, MONOSTOTIC) or several (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC).
| Descriptor ID |
D005357
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.099.708.375
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone" by people in Profiles.
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Osteofibrous dysplasia: clinicopathologic study of 80 cases. Hum Pathol. 1993 Dec; 24(12):1339-47.
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Albright's syndrome--thirty years later. (Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia). Pathol Annu. 1971; 6:81-146.