clinical practice and genetics Archives

Abstract Number: 2317 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Characterization of Paget´s Disease of Bone Patients from the South of Portugal (Algarve and Alentejo) – Clinical and Genetic Aspects
Graça Sequeira¹, Pedro Carvalho², Célia Ribeiro¹, Ana Alfaia³, Natércia Conceição⁴ and Leonor Cancela⁴, ¹Rheumatology, University Hospital Center of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, Faro, Portugal, ²Serviço de Reumatologia, Hospitais Universitários de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Coimbra, Portugal, ³Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, Faro, Portugal, ⁴Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal, Faro, Portugal
Background/Purpose: Paget’s disease of bone (PDB) is a metabolic bone disorder whose prevalence increases with age and affects ~3% of Caucasian individuals older than 55…

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