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Medicina: Ematologia: Talassemie e trapianto del midollo osseo

English
bone demineralization clicca per ingrandire
Attestation 3
Part of speech Noun syntagm
Grammatical label Uncountable
Definition Bone demineralization is a biochemical process that weakens the skeletal system. Physicians have observed this degenerative process in humans during periods of inadequate calcium intake, immobilization such as bed rest, and other situations involving physical inactivity.
Definition source NASA Life Sciences Data Archive. Experiment Information: Bone Demineralization.
Context Leger et al. reported the case of two children aged two years and presented with thalassemia and severe bone demineralization. One had spontaneous fractures and collapse in the lumbar vertebrae.
Context source Majedah, A.R., et al. (2001). ‘Osteopenia and Osteoporosis in two children with Thalassemia’. Annals of Saudi Medicine 21:5-6.
Subject field Haemopoiesis
Sub-field (level 1) Thalassemias
Generic concept Bone alterations
Specific concept Osteopenia, osteoporosis
Coordinate concept Skull with hair-on-end appearance, thalassemic facies, cortical bone thinning, cancellous bone hyperplasia
it Demineralizzazione ossea
Reliability code 3



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