Results: 43

Efectividad de teriparatide para reducir la frecuencia de fracturas vertebrales y no vertebrales, en adultos con riesgo elevado de fractura
Effectiveness of teriparatide to reduce the frequency of vertebral and non-vertebral fractures in adults at high risk of fracture

Antecedentes: Descripción de la condición de salud de interés: La osteoporosis es un problema sanitario global cuya importancia va en aumento con el envejecimiento de la población. Se define como un trastorno esquelético sistémico caracterizado por masa ósea baja y deterioro de la microarquitectur...

Effect of combined treatment with calcitonin on bone densitometry of patients with treated hypothyroidism

INTRODUCTION: Thyroid hormones (TH) may affect bone metabolism and turnover, inducing a loss of bone mass among hyperthyroid and in hypothyroid patients under hormone replacement treatment. Thyroid dysfunction leads to changes in the dynamics of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcitonin (CT) secretion. OB...

Effect of hormone replacement therapy on the bone mass and urinary excretion of pyridinium cross-links

Säo Paulo med. j; 118 (1), 2000
CONTEXT: The menopause accelerates bone loss and is associated with an increased bone turnover. Bone formation may be evaluated by several biochemical markers. However, the establishment of an accurate marker for bone resorption has been more difficult to achieve. OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of hormon...