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Departments of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Departments of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cancer Immunotherapy, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Paediatric Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Great North Children's Hospital, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK; Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK.
Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Center for Metabolic Bone Disease and Molecular Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children-St Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: mwhyte@shrinenet.org.
Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cancer Immunotherapy, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Osteopetrosis is a rare genetic disorder resulting in increased bone density and decreased bone remodelling. Bone expansion results in the crowding of neural foramina causing cranial nerve compression...
Osteopetrosis is a group of genetic bone disorders characterized by increased bone density and defective bone resorption. Osteopetrosis presents a series of clinical manifestations, including craniofa...
Osteopetrosis encompasses a spectrum of conditions marked by heightened bone density due to faulty osteoclast-mediated bone resorption, leading to an accumulation of immature bone and thickened cortic...
Two patients with osteopetrosis underwent conversion total hip arthroplasty (THA) after failure of internal fixation due to hip fractures. We experienced challenges, including difficulty of hardware r...
Our cases showed that previous hip fracture and failed internal fixation make conversion THA more complex and unpredictable in patients with osteopetrosis. This in turn underscores the critical need f...
Osteopetrosis is a rare inherited disease caused by osteoclast failure, resulting in increasing bone density in humans. Patients with osteopetrosis possess several dental and cranial complications. Si...
Osteopetrosis comprises a group of inherited disorders that are rare and result in abnormal bone structure. Bone remodeling is extremely inhibited because osteoclasts are nonfunctional or lacking. Thi...
In this case report, we show that individuals with osteopetrosis who have severe oral complications can be treated successfully if they are treated for osteopetrosis at an early age. The boy had his d...
The three-year follow-up after loading indicated a stable marginal bone level and optimal oral hygiene as a result of frequent professional oral hygiene care. The patient showed no signs of symptoms f...
Autosomal recessive osteopetrosis (ARO) is a rare genetic disease, characterized by increased bone density due to defective osteoclast function. Most of the cases are due to...
The...
First, we showed that lentiviral vector GT can revert the osteopetrotic bone phenotype, allowing long-term survival and reducing extramedullary haematopoiesis. Then, we demonstrated that plerixafor-in...
These results will pave the way to the implementation of an effective GT protocol, reducing the transplant-related complication risks in the very young and severely affected ARO patients....
Autosomal dominant osteopetrosis (ADO) is a rare sclerotic bone disease characterized by impaired osteoclast activity, resulting in high bone mineral density and skeletal fragility. The full phenotype...
We developed an online registry to ascertain population-based data on the spectrum and rate of progression of disease and to identify relevant patient centered outcomes that could be used to measure t...
Cross-sectional data from participants with osteopetrosis were collected using an online REDCap-based database....
Thirty-four participants with a confirmed diagnosis of ADO, aged 4-84 years....
Participants aged 18 years and older completed the PROMIS 57, participants aged 8 to 17 years completed the PROMIS Pediatric 49, and parents of participants aged <18 years completed the PROMIS Parent ...
Based on the PROMIS 57, relative to the general population, adults with ADO reported low physical function and low ability to participate in social roles and activities, and high levels of anxiety, fa...
Data from this registry demonstrate the broad spectrum of ADO disease severity and high impact on health-related quality of life in adults with ADO....
Osteopetrosis is a heterogenous group of inheritable disorders which manifests as increased bone density and brittleness. The most common and mildest variant typically presents in adulthood with bone ...
Osteopetrosis is a genetic bone disease whose main feature is the function of osteoclasts. This rare disorder affects one in every 250,000 live births. In terms of pathophysiology, osteopetrosis is di...
A 3-month-old infant weighing 5 kg was hospitalized with complaints of fever, anaemia, and thrombocytopenia. He was the fourth child of the family, three other children of the family have died due to ...
It involves an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance and manifests as diffuse osteosclerosis. Benign autosomal dominant osteopetrosis is a common form of the disease that is without symptoms and is ...
Considering the high mortality in osteopetrosis patients and the psychological burden and significant economic concern that comes with it. There is a need for timely diagnosis and treatment as soon as...