label: idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis
label_lc: idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis
description: Idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis (IJO) is a primary condition of bone demineralization childhood or adolescence that presents with pain in the back and extremities, walking difficulties, multiple fractures, and radiological evidence of osteoporosis. Onset usually occurs in the prepubertal period, between 8 and 12 years of age.