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HEALTH GIST: With just a minor fall, her bone breaks; the same happened to her mother- OSTEOPETROSIS

READERS’/ FANS’ CORNER Osteopetrosis is an extremely rare inherited condition in which there is increase in bone thickness (density); yet the bone breaks easily. There is overgrowth in bone with failure of bone resorption, due to irregularities in osteoclast function. Osteoclasts are bones cells that help to break down bone… Read More »HEALTH GIST: With just a minor fall, her bone breaks; the same happened to her mother- OSTEOPETROSIS