Idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis in a child: a four-year follow-up with review of literature.

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OBJECTIVES: Childhood osteoporosis is an uncommon condition that usually develops secondary to underlying disease states. Idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis or early onset osteoporosis is a rare cause of primary osteoporosis in childhood associated with mutations in "bone fragility" genes. CASE PRESENTATION: The index case presented with upper back pain and was detected to have multiple vertebral fractures. Further...

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