Conditions Considered To Be Metabolic Bone Disorders
- osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- osteomalacia (adults) & rickets (children)
- osteitis fibrosa cystica
Osteoporosis is due to causal factors like atrophy of disuse and gonadal deficiency. Hence osteoporosis is common in post menopausal women and in men above 50 yrs. Hypercorticism may also be causal factor- osteoporosis may be seen as a feature of Cushing's syndrome.
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