Osteopetrosis - A Rare Disease: A New Treatment

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Identifier 19900208_nanos_orbit_07
Title Osteopetrosis - A Rare Disease: A New Treatment
Creator Jonathan D. Wirtschafter, MD
Affiliation University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Subject Osteoclasts; Bone Density; Bones; Bone Marrow; Stem Cells; Cellular Regulation
Description Osteopetrosis describes a group of at least 8 inherited disorders of reduced osteoclast function that results in failure of bone resorption and a generalized increase in bone density. In some of these disorders there is an abnormality in bone marrow stem cells that affects osteoclasts and macrophages.
Date 1990-02-08
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 1990 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of 1990 NANOS: Orbit Session
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6t470m2
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 182128
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t470m2
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