Paget's disease, type 1: A chronic, slowly progressing bone disorder where the bone is destroyed rapidly and replaced by abnormal bone which is dense and fragile. Type 1 is caused by a mutation on chromosome 6p21.3. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Paget's disease, type 1 is available below.
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Paget's disease, type 1 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, type 1, or a subtype of Paget's disease, type 1,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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