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brittle bone disease

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brittle bone disease
n
(Medicine / Pathology) the nontechnical name for osteogenesis imperfecta
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brittle bone disease
n (= osteoporosis)Osteoporose f; (= osteogenesis)abnorme Knochenbrüchigkeit, mangelhafte Knochenbildung


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THOUSANDS of patients with crippling brittle bone disease are being denied the treatment they need because of a drug approval system that "defies logic", it was claimed last nigtht Up to 5% of osteoporosis sufferers under the care of doctors in England and Wales could be affected, according to a leading expert.
Among the cells they produced were osteoclasts, large white cells involved in the brittle bone disease osteoporosis, and eosinophils, which play a role in allergy and asthma.
Byline: ANI Washington, August 5 (ANI): Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have for the first time carried out a multi-scale analysis to shed light on how bone's material flaws lead to brittle bone disease.
 
 
 
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