Paget's Disease Of Bone: What Increases Your Risk

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What Increases Your Risk

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Risk factors for Paget's disease include:

Family history. If your parents, brothers, or sisters have Paget's disease, you are more likely to develop the disease than if no one in your family has it.
Age. Paget's disease is most common in people older than 50 and is unusual in people younger than 40.²

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Last updated:	September 14, 2007
Author:	Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH
Reviewed By:	Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine, Matthew I. Kim, MD - Endocrinology & Metabolism
Editors:	Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman, MATC

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