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What is a disease where a persons bones are very fragile and can break very easily?
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Weak bones: There are several, so its hard to list them all with explanations and variants. Some that come to mind include rickets, osteomalacia, Paget's disease and osteogenesis imperfecta.
Answered 10/24/2017
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