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Osteopetrosis Wheeless
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Description: - osteopetrosis is failure of osteoclastic and chondroclastic resorption;
- bones become exceedingly dense;
- marrow space is filled w/ unresorbed dense bone;
- disease results from lack of osteoclastic resorption, leading to thickened bones & exclusion of marrow cavity;
- there is absence of marrow elements & these patients are susceptible to infectious diseases
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Author/Contact: Wheeless
Institution: Duke
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Added: Sun Dec 17 2006