Paget's disease of bone is more prevalent in populations of northern European origin and is thought to be rare in non-Caucasians. The population of the east end of London is multi-cultural with 45% from ethnic minorities. We report the case histories of eight non-Caucasian patients with Paget's disease of bone. GR prevalence in Norway and Sweden at 0.3% [5] . Prevalence rates in the north-west towns of Preston, Bolton, Wigan, Burnley and Blackburn were found to be particularly high at over 6%,

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... ith the highest rate of 8.3% in Lancaster [6] . A recent study within the UK suggests that the prevalence of PDB in patients over the age of 55 years has decreased to 2%, but the Abstract Keywords Introduction Case report