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Osteitis

Osteitis: Introduction

Osteitis: Inflammation of the bone. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Osteitis is available below.

Symptoms of Osteitis

• Bone pain
• Joint stiffness
• more symptoms...»

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Osteitis?

• Failure to diagnose Osteitis
• Hidden causes of Osteitis (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Osteitis

Osteitis: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Osteitis:

• Bone deformity (see Bone changes)
• Bone weakness
• more complications...»

Causes of Osteitis

• Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
• Jaffe-Lichtenstein monostotic fibrous dysplasia of bone
• SAPHO syndrome
• Paget's disease of bone
• Osteitis fibrosa cystica
• more causes...»

See full list of 6 causes of Osteitis

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More information about causes of Osteitis:

• Osteitis as a symptom

Research about Osteitis

Visit our research pages for current research about Osteitis treatments.

Clinical Trials for Osteitis

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Osteitis include:

• Antibiotic Efficacy in Third Molar Surgery - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - IV Preoperative antibiotic or placebo
• Study of LED Phototherapy for Musculoligamentous Lesions - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• New Bisphosphonate Treatment for Paget's Disease - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Zoledronic Acid
• Safety and Efficacy Trial With Zoledronic Acid for the Treatment of Paget's Disease of Bone - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - zoledronic acid
• Bisphosphonate Therapy for Osteogenesis Imperfecta - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Alendronate,Pamidronate
• more trials...»

See full list of 6 Clinical Trials for Osteitis

Osteitis: Broader Related Topics

• Inflammatory conditions that may be pathogenic or non-pathogenic
• Bone or skeletal conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• more types...»

Types of Osteitis

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Definitions of Osteitis:

Inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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