"Osteopetrosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Excessive formation of dense trabecular bone leading to pathological fractures; OSTEITIS; SPLENOMEGALY with infarct; ANEMIA; and extramedullary hemopoiesis (HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY).
| Descriptor ID |
D010022
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.099.708.702.678
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| Concept/Terms |
Osteopetrosis- Osteopetrosis
- Osteopetroses
- Albers-Schonberg Disease
- Albers Schonberg Disease
- Disease, Albers-Schonberg
- Osteosclerosis Fragilis Generalisata
- Osteosclerosis Fragilis Generalisatas
- Marble Bone Disease
- Disease, Marble Bone
- Osteosclerosis Fragilis
- Albers-Schoenberg Disease
- Albers Schoenberg Disease
- Disease, Albers-Schoenberg
- Albers-Schönberg Disease
- Albers Schönberg Disease
- Disease, Albers-Schönberg
Osteopetrosis Autosomal Dominant Type 2- Osteopetrosis Autosomal Dominant Type 2
- Osteopetrosis, Autosomal Dominant, Type II
- Marble Bones, Autosomal Dominant
- Osteopetrosis, Autosomal Dominant 2
- Albers-Schonberg Disease, Autosomal Dominant
- Albers Schonberg Disease, Autosomal Dominant
- Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis Type 2
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteopetrosis" by people in Profiles.
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The immunomodulatory adapter proteins DAP12 and Fc receptor gamma-chain (FcRgamma) regulate development of functional osteoclasts through the Syk tyrosine kinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Apr 20; 101(16):6158-63.
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Targeting simian virus 40 T antigen to the osteoclast in transgenic mice causes osteoclast tumors and transformation and apoptosis of osteoclasts. Endocrinology. 1995 Dec; 136(12):5751-9.