CRITICISM OF THE INTERNATIONAL NOMENCLATURE OF CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES OF BONE

Authors
GOMIRATO G NIGRO C
Citation
G. Gomirato et C. Nigro, CRITICISM OF THE INTERNATIONAL NOMENCLATURE OF CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES OF BONE, Panminerva Medica, 35(3), 1993, pp. 167-169
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Panminerva Medica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00310808
Volume
35
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
167 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-0808(1993)35:3<167:COTINO>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The International Nomenclature of Constitutional Diseases of Bone is c riticised and the concept of embryonic osteochondropathy is proposed a s an alternative approach. It is claimed for example that the term ''c onstitutional'' has no real scientific or, above all, medical meaning. The defects of this ''official'' nomenclature are highlighted and a s limmer classification system of use in the diagnosis of osteochondrobl astic mesenchymopathies is recommended.