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  2. Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata - Wikipedia

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    Children with classical, or severe, RCDP1 have severe developmental disabilities. Most of them achieve early developmental skills, such as smiling, but they will not develop skills expected from a baby older than six months (such as feeding themselves or walking). [4] By contrast, children with non-classical mild RCDP1 often learn to walk and ...

  3. Osteomalacia - Wikipedia

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    The impairment of bone metabolism causes inadequate bone mineralization. Osteomalacia in children is known as rickets, and because of this, use of the term "osteomalacia" is often restricted to the milder, adult form of the disease. Signs and symptoms can include diffuse body pains, muscle weakness, and fragility of the bones.

  4. Rickets - Wikipedia

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    Rickets, scientific nomenclature: rachitis (from Greek ῥαχίτης rhakhítēs, [6] meaning 'in or of the spine'), is a condition that results in weak or soft bones in children and may have either dietary deficiency or genetic causes. [2] Symptoms include bowed legs, stunted growth, bone pain, large forehead, and trouble sleeping.

  5. What are the symptoms and causes of bone cancer? - AOL

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    Around 550 cases of primary bone cancer – a cancer that begins in the bones – are diagnosed in the UK each year

  6. Osteochondrodysplasia - Wikipedia

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    Fibrous dysplasia causes bone thinning [13] and growths or lesions in one or more bones of the human body. These lesions are tumor-like growths that consist of replacement of the medullary bone with fibrous tissue, causing the expansion and weakening of the areas of bone involved. Especially when involving the skull or facial bones, the lesions ...

  7. List of childhood diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    The term childhood disease refers to disease that is contracted or becomes symptomatic before the age of 18 or 21 years old. Many of these diseases can also be contracted by adults. Some childhood diseases include:

  8. Osteochondroma - Wikipedia

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    Major symptoms arise when complications such as fractures, bone deformity or mechanical joint problems occur. If the occurrence of an osteochondroma is near a nerve or a blood vessel, the affected limb can experience numbness, weakness, loss of pulse or color change. Periodic changes in the blood flow can also take place.

  9. Hypophosphatasia - Wikipedia

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    Hypophosphatasia (/ ˌ h aɪ p oʊ ˈ f ɒ s f eɪ t ˌ eɪ ʒ ə /; also called deficiency of alkaline phosphatase, phosphoethanolaminuria, [5] or Rathbun's syndrome; [1] sometimes abbreviated HPP [6]) is a rare, and sometimes fatal, inherited [7] metabolic bone disease. [8] Clinical symptoms are heterogeneous, ranging from the rapidly fatal ...