Osteopenia occurs in a minority of patients with acromegaly and is predominant in the spine

Acromegaly may induce abnormalities in bone metabolism; however, there are limited data related to bone mineral density (BMD) in this condition. To evaluate the effects of an excess of growth hormone/ insulin-like growth fractor I (GH/IGF-I) in the skeleton, we measured the BMD in spine and femoral...

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Veröffentlicht in:Osteoporosis international 1997-01, Vol.7 (3), p.226-230
Hauptverfasser: KAYATH, M. J, VIEIRA, J. G. H
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