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osteodystrophy
Defective formation of bone.
Etiology:
1) renal osteodystrophy
2) aluminum osteodystrophy
3) Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy
Specific
Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO)
aluminum osteodystrophy
hepatic osteodystrophy
renal osteodystrophy
General
bone disease; osteopathia
chronic musculoskeletal disease
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed)
Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 617