Total Hip and Knee arthroplasty in a patient with osteopetrosis: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Osteopetrosis is an uncommon, inherited disease, characterized by osteosclerosis, obliteration of the medullary canal, calcified cartilage and brittle bone due to impaired osteoclast resorption. Osteoarthritis is common in patients with osteopetrosis. If the patient has pain and dysfunct...

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Autores principales: Xie, Lin, Ding, Fan, Jiao, Jing, Kan, Wusheng, Wang, Junwen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4578852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26391128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-015-0716-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4578852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26391128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-015-0716-x

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