title: The syndrome of osteopetrosis in siblings: its occurrence in two sisters in Nigeria.
abstract: Familial osteopetrosis encountered in siblings has clinical and radiological features which appear to constitute a distinct entity. The syndrome is illustrated by osteopetrosis encountered in two sisters in Nigeria and by other reports of the disease in siblings in the literature.
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009549:Nigeria; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013577:Syndrome