Recent developments in the understanding of the pathophysiology of osteopetrosis.

doi:10.1530/eje.0.1340143

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Recent developments in the understanding of the pathophysiology of osteopetrosis.

European journal of endocrinology - 1 Feb 1996

Felix R, Hofstetter W, Cecchini M G

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Osteopetrosis is a rare metabolic bone disease characterized by a generalized increase in skeletal mass. It is inherited in a number of mammalian species, including man, and results from a congenital defect in the development or function of the osteoclasts. The consequent impairment of bone resor...

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Animals
Bone Resorption
Carbonic Anhydrases
Humans
Mutation
Osteoclasts
Osteopetrosis
Proto-Oncogene Mas

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