Universita La Sapienza, Italy
Bone mineral density changes in women with benign monoclonal gammopathy may predict fracture risk
Published in Elder Law Weekly, September 27th, 2006
Investigators in Italy report, "The possible relationships between biochemical measurements and both densitometric and radiographic indexes of skeletal fragility were evaluated in 65 postmenopausal women with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)."
"There was a significantly higher prevalence of vertebral fractures in the MGUS group compared with a control population (P{{<=}}0.001)," wrote J. Pepe and colleagues, Universita La Sapienza in Rome. "The MGUS patients were then grouped according to the presence or...
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