Fracture patterns in malignant osteopetr
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N. Dahl; G. Holmgren; S. Holmberg; H. Ersmark
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Article
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1992
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Springer
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English
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We report the occurrence and distribution of 17 fractures in four patients with malignant, autosomal recessive osteopetrosis. The frequency of the disease in the Caucasian population is in the order of 1 per 20,000, of which the vast majority suffer from a mild autosomal dominant form. The patients