POSTMENOPAUSAL AND AGE-RELATED PRIMARY OSTEOPOROSIS Part of “CHAPTER 64 – OSTEOPOROSIS“ PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND ETIOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS More than 80% of osteoporosis cases occur among postmenopausal and aging populations. Although some differences…
EPIDEMIOLOGY Part of “CHAPTER 64 – OSTEOPOROSIS“ The incidence of osteoporosis increases with age. It becomes widely prevalent in the elderly, in whom it is a major public health problem,…
OSTEOPOROSIS Robert Lindsay Felicia Cosman Osteoporosis, the most common bone disease in clinical practice, is a skeletal disorder characterized by a reduction in bone mass with accompanying microarchitectural damage that…
TYPES OF OSTEOMALACIA Part of “CHAPTER 63 – OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS“ Osteomalacia can result from abnormalities in vitamin D metabolism, phosphate deficiency, various mineralization defects, and states of rapid bone…
RADIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS Part of “CHAPTER 63 – OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS“ The most common radiographic change in osteomalacia is reduced skeletal density, a nonspecific finding with little diagnostic value. More helpful…
CLINICAL PRESENTATION Part of “CHAPTER 63 – OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS“ Sometimes patients with osteomalacia have no symptoms, so that the diagnosis is not readily apparent early in the course of…
PATHOGENESIS Part of “CHAPTER 63 – OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS“ For mineralization to take place normally, newly formed osteoid must be normal both qualitatively and quantitatively, the concentrations of calcium and…
DEFINITION Part of “CHAPTER 63 – OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS“ Related posts: REGULATION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR AND BINDING PROTEIN GONADOTROPE ADENOMAS OF THE PITUITARY PROLACTIN HYPERSECRETION DEFINITIONS THYROID-HORMONE RECEPTOR…
OSTEOMALACIA AND RICKETS Norman H. Bell DEFINITION PATHOGENESIS Related posts: REGULATION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR AND BINDING PROTEIN GONADOTROPE ADENOMAS OF THE PITUITARY PROLACTIN HYPERSECRETION DEFINITIONS THYROID-HORMONE RECEPTOR BINDING…
