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Paget's Disease of the Bone : Articles

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Paget''s disease is a disorder that involves abnormal bone destruction and regrowth, which results in deformity.The cause of Paget''s disease is unknown, although it might have to do with genes or a viral infection early in life.The disease occurs w...
Source:ADAM
Date:March 19, 2008
Paget''s disease of bone( osteitis deformans) is the abnormal formation of bone tissue that results in weakened and deformed bones.Named for Sir James Paget(1814–1899), this disease affects 1–3% of people over 50 years of age, but affec...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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