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bone disease; osteopathia
Pathology:
- bone is maintained by local factors & hormones that regulate osteoblasts & osteoclasts
- osteoprotegerin inhibits osteoclasts
- semaphorin 3A induces osteoblasts & inhibits osteoclasts [1]
Related
age-associated changes in the skeletal system
joint disease; articular disease; arthropathy
skeleton (skeletal system)
Specific
ainhum; bankokeren; dactylolysis spontanea; sukhapakla
bone abscess
bone fracture
bone neoplasm
chondrolysis
chronic kidney disease-mineral & bone disorder (CKD-MBD)
developmental bone disorder
fibrous dysplasia
genetic disease of bone/skeletal system
hyperparathyroidism
immunoosseous dysplasia
incomplete ossification
jaw disorder
Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome
macrognathia
Maffucci's syndrome
mastoiditis
metabolic bone disease
Ollier's disease (enchondromatosis)
osteitis
osteoarthropathy
osteochondropathy (disorder of bone & cartilage)
osteodystrophy
osteolysis
osteomalacia
osteomyelitis
osteonecrosis
osteopetrosis (Albers-Schonberg disease)
osteoporosis
periostitis
post-laminectomy syndrome; failed-back syndrome
spine disease; vertebral disorder
General
musculoskeletal disease/disorder
References
- Hayashi M et al.
Osteoprotection by semaphorin 3A.
Nature 2012 May 3; 485:69
PMID: 22522930
- Zaidi M and Iqbal J.
Double protection for weakened bones.
Nature 2012 May 3; 485:47
PMID: 22552091