silver wrote:
in osteopetrosis, due to defect in osteoclasts, there is overgrowth and sclerosis of cortical bone, whereas in osteoporosis there is decreased thickness of cortical and trabecular bone--bone mass and density decreases (imbalance of osteoclast and osteoblast function).
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| epica
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http://www.aafp.org/afp/980315ap/carolino.html
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| silver
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nice link!
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| drduck
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is that why i think osteopetrosis also known as marble bone disesase...........
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