"Osteomalacia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Disorder caused by an interruption of the mineralization of organic bone matrix leading to bone softening, bone pain, and weakness. It is the adult form of rickets resulting from disruption of VITAMIN D; PHOSPHORUS; or CALCIUM homeostasis.
| Descriptor ID |
D010018
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.198.816.640 C18.452.104.816.640 C18.452.174.845.640 C18.654.521.500.133.770.734.640
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Osteomalacia".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Osteomalacia".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Osteomalacia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Osteomalacia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteomalacia" by people in Profiles.
-
Metabolic studies of bone in uremia before and after treatment. Metabolism. 1972 Apr; 21(4):317-28.
-
Distortions of bone cell metabolism in uremia and their cause. Arch Intern Med. 1969 Nov; 124(5):530-8.