Paget's disease of the elderly.
Paget's disease of bone affects 10% of those surviving to the eighth decade of life. Relatively easy to diagnose, treatment decisions are more complex. Surgery and immobilization present unique challenges often requiring prophylaxis to prevent activation/exacerbation of the disease.
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Arthritis Center of Northeast Ohio, 5500 Market Street, Youngstown, OH 44512, USA.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011756:Diphosphates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006073:Gout / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
D011756:Diphosphates; D002116:Calcitonin