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Volume 7 Issue 5 (May, 2019)
Case Reports
A Rare Case of Osteopetrosis with Dental manifestation in a Young Child | |
Swati Sharma, Ajoy kumar Shahi, Abhishek Anand, Subhash Chandra | |
Osteopetrosis also known as "marble bone disease" is a group of rare genetic disorders caused by osteoclast failure, which ranges widely in severity. An increase in bone mass and density results in severe skeletal malformation and bone marrow supression, which may be fatal. We present here a rare case of osteopetrosis in 13 years old child reported with chief complain of bleeding gums. Key words: Osteopetrosis, bone disorder. |
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