| Osteodystrophy | |
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| Osteodystrophy before a chirurgical intervention (Nouvelle iconographie de la Salpêtrière, 1904). | |
| Specialty | Medical genetics  |
| Causes | hyperphosphatemia |
Osteodystrophy is any dystrophic growth of the bone. It is defective bone development that is usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism.[citation needed]
One form is renal osteodystrophy.