"Osteitis Deformans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A disease marked by repeated episodes of increased bone resorption followed by excessive attempts at repair, resulting in weakened, deformed bones of increased mass. The resultant architecture of the bone assumes a mosaic pattern in which the fibers take on a haphazard pattern instead of the normal parallel symmetry.
- Osteitis Deformans
- Paget's Disease of Bone
- Pagets Disease, Bone
- Paget Disease, Bone
- Osseous Paget's Disease
- Paget Disease of Bone
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