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Bone Diseases
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Bone Markers (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Bone Scan: Using Nuclear Medicine to Look for Bone Abnormalities (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Calcium Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Glossary of Orthopaedic Diagnostic Tests (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
Also available in: Spanish - MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Radiography (X-Ray): Bone (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Exercise and Bone and Joint Conditions (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Limb Lengthening (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Use of Bisphosphonates in Metabolic Bone Diseases (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
- What Can You Tell Me about Bone and Tissue Transplantation? (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- ALP (Alkaline Phosphatase) Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Smoking and Musculoskeletal Health (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Bone and Joint Infections (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Bone Cyst (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Bone Spurs (Osteophytes) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Bone Tumor (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Craniosynostosis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - Requires media player
- Fibrous Dysplasia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Giant Cell Tumor of Bone (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Hypophosphatasia (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
- Information for Patients about Fibrous Dysplasia (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
- Information for Patients about Osteopetrosis (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
- Information for Patients about Primary Hyperparathyroidism (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
- Klippel-Feil Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- Osteitis Condensans Ilii (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Osteochondroma (Bone Tumor) (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)
- Osteomyelitis (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Osteopenia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Renal Osteodystrophy (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
- What Is Osteomalacia? (Merck & Co., Inc.)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Hearing Loss and Bone Disorders (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
- Hyperparathyroidism: What It Is and How It's Treated (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Genetics
- Genetics
- Genetics Home Reference: Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Recessive multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Weissenbacher-Zweym�ller syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
- Genes and Disease: Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- Genes and Disease: Muscle and Bone (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Atlas of the Body: The Skeleton -- Side View (American Medical Association)
- Bones, Muscles, and Joints (Nemours Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Also available in: Spanish - National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases~National Resource Center (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Children
- Children
- Big Story on Bones (Nemours Foundation) - Requires media player
Also available in: Spanish - McCune-Albright Syndrome (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Orthopedic Conditions (Nemours Foundation)