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SUBMITTER: Tucci JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5977397 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tucci Joseph R JR Whitford Gary M GM McAlister William H WH Novack Deborah V DV Mumm Steven S Keaveny Tony M TM Whyte Michael P MP
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 20161014 1
Skeletal fluorosis (SF) is endemic in many countries and millions of people are affected worldwide, whereas in the United States SF is rare with occasional descriptions of unique cases. We report a 28-year-old American man who was healthy until 2 years earlier when he gradually experienced difficulty walking and an abnormal gait, left hip pain, loss of mobility in his right wrist and forearm, and progressive deformities including enlargement of the digits of both hands. Dual-energy X-ray absorpt ...[more]