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Adjusting bone mass for differences in projected bone area and other confounding variables: an allometric perspective. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The traditional method of assessing bone mineral density (BMD; given by bone mineral content [BMC] divided by projected bone area [Ap], BMD = BMC/Ap) has come under strong criticism by various authors. Their criticism being that the projected bone "area"
Roger L. Holder   +20 more
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Role of SIRT3 in bone homeostasis and its application in preventing and treating bone diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Bone homeostasis refers to the balance between osteoblast-mediated bone formation and osteoclast-mediated bone resorption and the maintenance of stable bone mass. SIRT3 is a class of mitochondrial protein deacetylase that influences various mitochondrial
Jing Li   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The Assessment of the Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool for Asians and Calcaneal Quantitative Ultrasound in Identifying Osteoporotic Fractures and Falls Among Chinese People

open access: yesFrontiers in Endocrinology, 2021
The lack of DXA has made the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis extremely difficult in the vast rural areas of China, which has the largest population with high risks of osteoporosis.
Chao Gao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Atypically localized glomus tumor causing anterior interosseous nerve syndrome: A case report

open access: yesActa Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2017
This article presents a 48-year-old male patient who presented with pain in the left forearm and weakness and clumsiness in the left hand of 6 months' duration. Flexor motor strength loss of the thumb and the index finger was present and neurophysiologic
Yunus Emre Akman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effects of Alpha Interferon on the Development of Autoimmune Thyroiditis in the NOD H2h4 Mouse

open access: yesClinical and Developmental Immunology, 2003
Alpha interferon (αIFN) therapy is known to induce thyroid autoimmunity in up to 40% of patients. The mechanism is unknown, but Th1 switching has been hypothesized.
Yael Oppenheim   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Premenopausal risk factors for osteoporosis

open access: yes, 2001
Osteoporosis is a major public health problem because of its association with fractures. Prevention of osteoporosis is of utmost importance in reducing the health and human costs related to the disease. Bone mass in adult life is determined partly by the
Walker-Bone, K.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Metabolic Bone Diseases in the Pediatric Population

open access: yes, 2021
Bone plays an important role in regulating mineral balance in response to physiologic needs. In addition, bone is subject to a continuous remodeling process to maintain healthy bone mass and growth.
Tupputi U.   +11 more
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Relationship between dietary characteristics and heel quantitative ultrasound parameters in postmenopausal women from the OsteoLaus cohort

open access: yesScientific Reports
The role of dietary patterns in the development of osteoporosis is unclear. The heel quantitative ultrasound (QUS) is a potential alternative to Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry.
A. Lanyan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbiota-bone axis in ageing-related bone diseases. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Endocrinol (Lausanne)
Bone homeostasis in physiology depends on the balance between bone formation and resorption, and in pathology, this homeostasis is susceptible to disruption by different influences, especially under ageing condition. Gut microbiota has been recognized as
Fu L, Zhang P, Wang Y, Liu X.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Non-vascularized fibular autograft is a reliable option for reconstruction after tumor-related metatarsal resections

open access: yesActa Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical, radiological, and functional outcomes of metatarsal reconstruction using non vascularized fibular autografts after resection of benign aggressive and malignant tumors.
Osman Emre Aycan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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