Who Is Affected by Paget's Disease
Paget's disease is the second most common bone disease. (Osteoporosis is the most common.)
Paget's disease:
- Is found most often in people living in Western
Europe (Britain, France, and Germany) or people of Western European
descent.
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- Is rare in people younger than 40
and is most common in people who are older than 50.
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The risk of developing this disease increases as a person ages.
Citations
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Favus MJ, Vokes TJ (2008). Paget disease and other
dysplasias of bone. In AS Fauci et al., eds., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2408–2416. New
York: McGraw-Hill.
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Lane N (2009). Paget's disease of bone
section of Metabolic bone diseases. In GS Firestein et al., eds.,
Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology, 8th ed., vol. 2, pp.
1593–1595. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
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Favus MJ, Vokes TJ (2008). Paget disease and other
dysplasias of bone. In AS Fauci et al., eds., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2408–2416. New
York: McGraw-Hill.
Lane N (2009). Paget's disease of bone
section of Metabolic bone diseases. In GS Firestein et al., eds.,
Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology, 8th ed., vol. 2, pp.
1593–1595. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
