Paget's Disease: An Annotated Bibliography, January 1990

摘要

Symptoms include bone pain, osteoarthritis, headache, bone deformity, fractures,deafness, and rarely, sarcoma. Ocular, cardiovascular, metabolic, and dental changes also may occur. Treatment focuses on relief of pain and prevention of bone deformities, fractures, and loss of mobility. Drug therapy consists primarily of analgesics and antipagetic drugs, such as calcitonin, diphosphonates, and plicamycin. The annotated bibliography contains 174 citations to patient and professional education materials; most have been published since 1984. Its purpose is to provide information sources for physicians, nurses, other health professionals, and patients and their families regarding the diagnosis, treatment, symptoms, and complications of Paget's disease. Citations to patient education materials are found in Part I. Part II, citations of professional education materials, is divided into the following sections: general medical reviews; etiology; pathophysiology and diagnosis; epidemiology; complications; and therapy for Paget's disease. Within each section, citations are listed in alphabetical order by author. Author and subject indexes appear at the end of the bibliography.