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ReviewCurrent rheumatology reports2000

Paget's disease of bone: diagnosis and treatment update.

M Noor, D Shoback

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Review in Current rheumatology reports, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Silent swelling of the tibia in a 43-year-old man.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2008
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

M NoorPostdoctoral fellow, Metabolism Section, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
D Shoback

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paget's disease is a metabolic bone disease characterized by excessive bone resorption and formation due to activated osteoclasts. Although Paget's disease is a high bone turnover state, the excess bone that is formed lacks the structural stability of normal bone. Complications from Paget's disease include deformity, fracture, and pain. Although still unclear, both prevalence and severity of Paget's disease seem to be declining. Recent progress has focused on the environmental as well as genetic etiologies for this disease. Many studies indicate a role for viral infectious agents, whereas others point to a recently identified candidate gene on chromosome 18q. Therapy with bisphosphonate drugs is the treatment of choice. With newer and more powerful agents from this family now available, the majority of patients affected by Paget's disease can achieve sustained remission and avoid complications.

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