Diagnosis and Management of Osteopetrosis: Consensus Guidelines From the Osteopetrosis Working Group | Zendy

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Diagnosis and Management of Osteopetrosis: Consensus Guidelines From the Osteopetrosis Working Group

Author(s) -

Calvin Wu,

Michael J. Econs,

Linda A. DiMeglio,

Karl Insogna,

Michael A. Levine,

Paul J. Orchard,

Weston P. Miller,

Anna Petryk,

Eric T. Rush,

Dolores Shoback,

Leanne M. Ward,

Lynda E. Polgreen

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2017-01127

Subject(s) - osteopetrosis , medicine , delphi method , intensive care medicine , disease , pathology , mathematics , statistics

Osteopetrosis encompasses a group of rare metabolic bone diseases characterized by impaired osteoclast activity or development, resulting in high bone mineral density. Existing guidelines focus on treatment of the severe infantile forms with hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) but do not address the management of patients with less severe forms for whom HCT is not the standard of care. Therefore, our objective was to develop expert consensus guidelines for the management of these patients.

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