Juvenile Paget disease (JPD) is a very rare disease, mainly caused by biallelic inactivating mutations in the TNFRSF11B gene that encodes osteoprotegerin. Owing to its rarity, the treatment of JPD is largely empirical. Accelerated bone turnover as assessed by biochemical markers, such as alkaline phosphatase (ALP), can be suppressed by bisphosphonate treatment, but it relapses […]
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