"Osteomalacia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Disorder caused by an interruption of the mineralization of organic bone matrix leading to bone softening, bone pain, and weakness. It is the adult form of rickets resulting from disruption of VITAMIN D; PHOSPHORUS; or CALCIUM homeostasis.
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D010018
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.198.816.640 C18.452.104.816.640 C18.452.174.845.640 C18.654.521.500.133.770.734.640
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteomalacia" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical significance of increased serum levels of FGF-23 in fibrous dysplasia. Med Clin (Barc). 2018 07 23; 151(2):65-67.
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Insufficiency fracture associated with oncogenic osteomalacia. J Clin Rheumatol. 2013 Jan; 19(1):38-42.
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Vitamin D deficiency masquerading as metastatic cancer: a case series. Am J Med Sci. 2009 Apr; 337(4):245-7.
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X-Linked hypophosphatemic rickets: a disease often unknown to affected patients. Bone Miner. 1994 Jan; 24(1):17-24.
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Osteomalacia and rickets. Semin Nephrol. 1992 Mar; 12(2):127-45.
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Parameters related to 25-OH-D levels in a population-based study of women. Am J Clin Nutr. 1986 Apr; 43(4):621-8.