Osteoporosis

Study findings from Odense University broaden understanding of osteoporosis

Published in Biotech Business Week, January 21st, 2008

According to recent research from Odense, Denmark, "Objective Patients with Turner syndrome (TS) have altered growth and increased risk of osteoporosis due to oestrogen deficiency and possibly a host of other factors. Thus, TS patients have a 4 center dot 9-fold increased risk of femoral neck fractures."

"Most patients are treated with oestrogen during puberty and adolescence to facilitate pubertal development and prevent secondary osteoporosis. The geometry of the hip is a predictor for hip fractures independent of bone mineral density (BMD). The purpose of the present study was to investigate the variation of the geometry of the hip in patients with TS in comparison...

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Source: Biotech Business Week (2008-01-21)

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