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Can you please tell me how osteopenia, osteoporosis, and osteomalasia differ?

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All similar : Osteopenia is a little bit of osteoporosis both mean weak bone usually due to too much bone resorption / osteomalacia is weak bone like rickets due to very low vit d levels.

Dr Sneid agreed

Answered 4/8/2013

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