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Rickets and Osteomalacia OrthoFracs

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Description: Definition
Deficiency of calcium and/ or phosphate which results in inadequate osteoid mineralization
  * Less mineralized bone per volume of bone
  * Increased uncalcified osteoid
Rickets - immature skeleton
Osteomalacia - mature skeleton
Bone formation is slowed & unmineralized osteoid accumulates along new bone surfaces
Remember that osteoid is the organic component of woven bone & can be mineralized or unmineralized

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Added: Sun Sep 27 2009