 Osteomalacia
"Osteomalacia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition marked by softening of the bones (due to impaired mineralization, with excess accumulation of osteoid), with pain, tenderness, muscular weakness, anorexia, and loss of weight, resulting from deficiency of vitamin D and calcium. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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D010018
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.198.495 C18.452.174.662 C18.654.521.500.133.770.496
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| 1980 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1981 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1982 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1985 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteomalacia" by people in Profiles.
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Favus MJ. Postmenopausal osteoporosis and the detection of so-called secondary causes of low bone density. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Jun; 90(6):3800-1.
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Dhingra RK, Sprague SM, Ojo AO, Leavey SF. Posttransplant bone disease: a case illustrating dramatic improvements in bone density with vitamin D replacement therapy. Transplantation. 2001 Jun 27; 71(12):1856-9.
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David K, Revesz T, Kratimenos G, Krausz T, Crockard HA. Oncogenic osteomalacia associated with a meningeal phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor. Case report. J Neurosurg. 1996 Feb; 84(2):288-92.
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Hardy P, Benoit J, Donneaud B, Jehanno P, Lortat-Jacob A. [Pathological fractures of the femoral neck in hemodialyzed patients. Apropos of 26 cases]. Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot. 1994; 80(8):702-10.
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Friedman HZ, Langman CB, Favus MJ. Vitamin D metabolism and osteomalacia in cystic fibrosis. Gastroenterology. 1985 Mar; 88(3):808-13.
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Driscoll RH, Meredith SC, Sitrin M, Rosenberg IH. Vitamin D deficiency and bone disease in patients with Crohn's disease. Gastroenterology. 1982 Dec; 83(6):1252-8.
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Favus MJ, Coe FL. [Vitamin D physiology and its application to disorders of calcium metabolism]. Recenti Prog Med. 1981 Feb; 70(2):119-40.
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Sitrin MD, Rosenberg IH, Chawla K, Meredith S, Sellin J, Rabb JM, Coe F, Kirsner JB, Kraft SC. Nutritional and metabolic complications in a patient with Crohn's disease and ileal resection. Gastroenterology. 1980 May; 78(5 Pt 1):1069-79.
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Meredith SC, Rosenberg IH. Gastrointestinal-hepatic disorders and osteomalacia. Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1980 Mar; 9(1):131-50.
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Reed JS, Meredith SC, Nemchausky BA, Rosenberg IH, Boyer JL. Bone disease in primary biliary cirrhosis: reversal of osteomalacia with oral 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Gastroenterology. 1980 Mar; 78(3):512-7.
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