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Paget Disease

How is it diagnosed?

Paget disease may be diagnosed by X-ray or a bone scan. Furthermore a blood test for a metabolic screen may indicate an elevated level of an enzyme produced in bone - alkaline phosphatase.

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Medical text written March 2004 by Contact a Family. Approved March 2004 by Dr P Helliwell, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Rheumatism and Rehabilitation Unit, Leeds University, Leeds, UK.

 

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