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Premature menopause is well known risk factor for osteoporosis and fragility fracture. Although its definition is menopause before the age of 40, many studies about the risk of osteoporosis and...
As the society became more aging, prevalence of senile spinal diseases such as osteoporotic spinal fracture, spinal sprain, myofascial pain, degenerative intervertebral disc disease, spondylitis, metastatic spinal disease, and infectious...
OBJECTIVES: We have analyzed relationship between pedicle screw loosening and bone mineral densitiy (BMD) after spinal arthrodesis with pedicle screw.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We have chosen 31 cases that had screw...
OBJECTIVES: Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) involving the use of bisphosphonates is referred to as bisphosphonate-associated ONJ (BONJ). Inflammation also can cause ONJ and it may be called inflammation-associated ONJ...
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the differences between the effect of tibolone and estradiol (E2)-based hormone therapy (HT) on bone mineral density (BMD) and serum lipid profiles in postmenopausal Korean women.
MATERIALS AND...
OBJECTIVES: Low 25 (OH) vitamin D increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality. Pulse wave velocity (PWV), which is related with arterial stiffness, can be used evaluate the severity...