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Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone

"Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A disease of bone marked by thinning of the cortex and replacement of bone marrow by gritty fibrous tissue containing bony spicules, producing pain, disability, and gradually increasing deformity. Only one bone may be involved (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, MONOSTOTIC) or several (FIBROUS DYSPLASIA, POLYOSTOTIC). (From Dorland, 28th ed)


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 30 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2015
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Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.