Osteodystrophy
"Osteodystrophy in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis and Liver Cirrhosis."
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, November 11th, 1996
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of Gastroenterology, "Bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumber vertebrae and factors related to bone metabolism were determined in patients with chronic viral hepatitis and patients with liver cirrhosis to clarify correlations between hepatic dysfunction, considered to be one of the causes of hepatic osteodystrophy, and decrease in bone mass. BMD of the second to fourth lumbar vertebrae was determined with a Lunar (Madison, WI, USA) DPX, a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry diagnostic system. BMD was significantly lowest in patients with liver cirrhosis, followed by patients with chronic hepatitis, and healthy subjects,...
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