Abstract
Familial osteopetrosis encountered in siblings has clinical and radiological features which appear to constitute a distinct entity. The syndrome is illustrated by osteopetrosis encountered in two sisters in Nigeria and by other reports of the disease in siblings in the literature.
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Adeloye, A. The syndrome of osteopetrosis in siblings: its occurrence in two sisters in Nigeria. Child's Nerv Syst 3, 128–131 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00271142
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