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16 medical textbooks online! (freee access, no registration). Full online access to medical books excerpts, free of charge and without registration, for published medical textbooks related to the causes of Weak bones.


Osteoporosis*
(A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
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... Aging (especially postmenopause) Immobilization Nutritional causes    Calcium or vitamin D deficiency, or both ... READ MEDICAL BOOK EXCERPTS ONLINE » (free access, no registration)

Osteoporosis
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
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... Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disorder in which the rate of bone resorption accelerates while the rate of bone formation slows down, causing a loss of bone mass. Bones affected by this disease lose calcium and phosphate salts and thus... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... READ MEDICAL BOOK EXCERPTS ONLINE » (free access, no registration)

Bone Cyst
(The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
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... Pepi Granat and Omart Robaina The term “bone cyst” usually denotes simple or solitary bone cyst, which is a benign, smooth, lytic lesion, usually found in... Approach ... History ... Physical examination ... Testing ... Diagnostic assessment ... READ MEDICAL BOOK EXCERPTS ONLINE » (free access, no registration)

Osteoporosis
(Handbook of Diseases)
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... In osteoporosis, a metabolic bone disorder, the rate of bone resorption accelerates while the rate of bone formation slows down, causing a loss of bone mass. Bones affected by this disease... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations ... Pictures ... READ MEDICAL BOOK EXCERPTS ONLINE » (free access, no registration)

Hypotonia and Weakness
(The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)
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... Hypotonia(decreased muscle tone) can be recognized by diminished resistanceto passive stretching of joints, by increased range of passive movement,and by the more "flappable" nature of an extremityin response to... Principal Causes of Hypotonia and Weakness ... Clinical Features and Diagnosis ... Diagnostic Approach ... References ... READ MEDICAL BOOK EXCERPTS ONLINE » (free access, no registration)

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Discussion of list of 90 causes of Weak bones

The list below shows some of the causes of Weak bones mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 90 causes of Weak bones

Drug side effect causes of Weak bones

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Weak bones as a side effect.
  • Minims Prednisolone
  • Panafcortelone
  • Predmix
  • Predsol
  • Redipred
[See detailed list of 22 drug side effect causes of Weak bones]


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