[Morphological characteristics of osteopetrosis].

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Osteopetrosis is a rare inherited bone disorder characterized by increased bone density owing to failure in bone resorption by the osteoclasts. The disease is genetically and histologically heterogeneous with a wide spectrum of microscopic findings. The histology varies from cases with a total absence of osteoclasts to bone biopsies characterized by high numbers of enlarged multinucleated osteoclasts on...

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