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The normal bone marrow has few fibres, and these are found mainly in association with trabecular bone surfaces and blood vessels. Fibrosis of the bone marrow takes place in response to many different toxic, inflammatory, osteolytic and malignant processes and is always of collagen type III. The basic disorders associated with bone marrow fibrosis are:
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Bartl, R., Bartl, C. (2019). Myelofibrosis/Osteomyelosclerosis Syndrome (MF/OMS). In: The Osteoporosis Manual. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00731-7_74
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