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Abnormal Development of the Skeletal System

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Pathology of Bone

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The classification of constitutional disorders of bone includes a vast number of different conditions. In many of them only a few cases have been described. It is not therefore proposed to attempt a comprehensive account of abnormalities of skeletal development, details of which are available elsewhere. This chapter concerns itself with dwarfism and some of the chondrodystrophies, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteopetrosis and a few other miscellaneous conditions.

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    Peter A. Revell BSc, MB, BS, PhD, MRCPath (Senior Lecturer in Morbid Anatomy)

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Revell, P.A. (1986). Abnormal Development of the Skeletal System. In: Pathology of Bone. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1377-5_2

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