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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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- Adult Rickets
- Rickets, Adult
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Osteomalacia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010018. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010018
- Osteomalacia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteomalacia
- Osteomalacia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q860395