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Axial osteomalacia

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Axial osteomalacia
Axial osteomalacia is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner
SpecialtyOrthopedic

Axial osteomalacia is a rare osteosclerotic disorder characterized by axial skeleton pain, coarsening of the trabecular bone pattern on radiographs of the axial but not appendicular skeleton.[1]

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  1. ^ Whyte MP, Fallon MD, Murphy WA, Teitelbaum SL (December 1981). "Axial osteomalacia. Clinical, laboratory and genetic investigation of an affected mother and son". The American Journal of Medicine. 71 (6): 1041–9. doi:10.1016/0002-9343(81)90338-7. PMID 7315848.
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