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What is osteoporosis?

What is osteoporosis?
What is osteoporosis?
Osteoporosis is a very common disorder, which results in an increase in fracture risk. The annual cost attributable to hip, vertebral, and wrist fractures in England and Wales is £1.7 billion. Significant mortality and morbidity are associated with osteoporotic fractures. The method that is most widely used for the diagnosis of osteoporosis is dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. The aim of prevention and treatment of osteoporosis is to prevent the occurrence of future fractures. Lifestyle changes should be encouraged in high risk patients. Pharmacological treatments include the bisphosphonates, hormone replacement therapy, selective oestrogen receptor modulators, calcitonin, the 1–34 fragment of parathyroid hormone, calcium and vitamin D supplements, and calcitriol.
osteoporosis, epidemiology, fracture
0032-5473
133-138
Christodoulou, C.
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Cooper, C.
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Christodoulou, C.
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Cooper, C.
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Christodoulou, C. and Cooper, C. (2003) What is osteoporosis? Postgraduate Medical Journal, 79 (929), 133-138.

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Abstract

Osteoporosis is a very common disorder, which results in an increase in fracture risk. The annual cost attributable to hip, vertebral, and wrist fractures in England and Wales is £1.7 billion. Significant mortality and morbidity are associated with osteoporotic fractures. The method that is most widely used for the diagnosis of osteoporosis is dual energy x-ray absorptiometry. The aim of prevention and treatment of osteoporosis is to prevent the occurrence of future fractures. Lifestyle changes should be encouraged in high risk patients. Pharmacological treatments include the bisphosphonates, hormone replacement therapy, selective oestrogen receptor modulators, calcitonin, the 1–34 fragment of parathyroid hormone, calcium and vitamin D supplements, and calcitriol.

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Published date: 2003
Keywords: osteoporosis, epidemiology, fracture

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Local EPrints ID: 25366
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/25366
ISSN: 0032-5473
PURE UUID: 51700253-7cf5-40fb-a5c3-a4d4a48b99d8
ORCID for C. Cooper: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3510-0709

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Date deposited: 07 Apr 2006
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 02:44

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Author: C. Christodoulou
Author: C. Cooper ORCID iD

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