Paget's disease of bone is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Paget's disease of bone, or a subtype of Paget's disease of bone,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Paget's disease of bone: Introduction
Broader types of Paget's disease of bone:
Prevalance of Paget's disease of bone: about 3% of people aged over 40; 10% by age 80.
Prevalance Rate of Paget's disease of bone: approx 1 in 33 or 3.00% or 8.2 million people in USA [about data]
Patient Profile for Paget's disease of bone: Usually over 40
Gender Profile for Paget's disease of bone: More common in men
Gender Ratio for Paget's disease of bone: male predominance
Complications of Paget's disease of bone:
see complications of Paget's disease of bone
Causes of Paget's disease of bone: see causes of Paget's disease of bone
Risk factors for Paget's disease of bone:
see
risk factors for Paget's disease of bone
Symptoms of Paget's disease of bone: see symptoms of Paget's disease of bone
Complications of Paget's disease of bone: see complications of Paget's disease of bone
Onset of Paget's disease of bone: usually 50-70 years of age
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Paget's disease of bone
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Paget's disease of bone.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Paget's disease of bone.
Treatments for Paget's disease of bone:
see treatments for Paget's disease of bone
Research for Paget's disease of bone:
see research for Paget's disease of bone
Hospitalization statistics for Paget's disease of bone:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Paget's disease of bone:
Organs and body systems related to Paget's disease of bone include:
Main name of condition: Paget's disease of bone
Other names or spellings for Paget's disease of bone:osteitis deformans, hyperostosis corticalis deformans
Osteitis deformans
Source - Diseases Database
Paget's disease
Source - WordNet 2.1
Pagets disease, Pagets disease, Osteitis deformans
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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