PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | osteopetrosis |
| Phenotype | C0029443|osteomyelitis |
| Sentences | 3 |
| PubMedID- 22828766 | The purpose of this case report was to present 2 rare cases of pediatric patients (one of them died due to respiratory failure at 10 years old) diagnosed with osteopetrosis complicated by osteomyelitis of the jaw. |
| PubMedID- 22472060 | osteomyelitis is common in patients with osteopetrosis because of a reduced resistance to infection, attributed to the lack of marrow vascularity and impairment of white cell function. |
| PubMedID- 23482851 | This case report discusses a case of osteopetrosis with osteomyelitis as a complication in a 8-year-old boy. |
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