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Monostotic Paget’s disease of the tibia in Korea

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The incidence of Paget’s disease has been estimated to be about 3%, but it is extremely rare in Asia, especially in Korea. In addition, monostotic involvement seems to be far less frequent. In this report, we describe a case of monostotic Paget’s disease localized in the right tibia.

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ALP:

alkaline phosphatase

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, 85, 2-Ka, Jeo-Dong, Jung-Gu, Seoul, Korea

    Chan-Hee Lee, Sung-Hun Han, Bo-Young Yoon & Yun-Woo Lee

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Lee, CH., Han, SH., Yoon, BY. et al. Monostotic Paget’s disease of the tibia in Korea. Clin Rheumatol 23, 381–382 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-004-0894-7

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