Mayo's Pediatric Metabolic Bone Disorders Clinic provides comprehensive and coordinated care for children and teenagers with all types of skeletal diseases, including complex and rare conditions. Examples include:

• Osteogenesis imperfecta, sometimes called brittle bone disease
• Vitamin D disorders
• Hypophosphatemic rickets, a type of rickets associated with low phosphate levels
• Hypophosphatasia (HPP), a disorder causing abnormal development of bones and teeth
• Skeletal dysplasias, a group of disorders that involve abnormal bone formation and growth
• Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (pseudohypoparathyroidism), a disorder involving the inability to respond to parathyroid hormone, affecting bone growth and height
• Fibrous dysplasia/McCune Albright syndrome, a disorder that affects bones, skin pigment and the endocrine system
• Juvenile Paget disease, a disorder that causes bones to be abnormally large, deformed and weak
• High bone mass disorders
• Extraskeletal calcification disorders

Team approach, tailored to your child's needs

A multispecialty approach to diagnosis and treatment provided by a team of experts is essential for the best outcomes. Depending on your child's needs, our comprehensive care team includes highly skilled experts from these areas at Mayo Clinic:

• Pediatric endocrinology
• Pediatric orthopedic surgery
• Medical genetics
• Pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation
• Physical therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Pediatric radiology
• Nursing

If needed, additional experts may be involved in developing a unified and personalized plan of care for your child.

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March 07, 2016

Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/childrens-center/overview/specialty-groups/pediatric-metabolic-bone-disorders-clinic