| dc.creator |
Oral, B |
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| dc.creator |
Yildiz, M |
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| dc.creator |
Akdogan, M |
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| dc.creator |
Tamer, N |
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| dc.date |
2003-06-01T00:00:00Z |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2021-12-03T11:54:08Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2021-12-03T11:54:08Z |
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| dc.identifier |
b7bb85df-a9a4-436b-8330-66baa03a2baf |
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| dc.identifier |
10.1007/s00223-002-2097-z |
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| dc.identifier |
https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/b7bb85df-a9a4-436b-8330-66baa03a2baf/oai |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/94474 |
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| dc.description |
The aim of this prospective, comparative study was to investigate the bone mineral density (BMD) changes in a group of early postmenopausal Turkish women with endemic skeletal fluorosis and to study effects of endemic fluorosis on BMD. Bone mineral density of L-2-L-4 vertebra, femur neck, femur trochanter, and Ward's triangle were measured in 45 female patients with endemic skeletal fluorosis and 41 age-matched controls by dual X-ray absorbtiometry (DXA). The BNID of L-2-L-4 vertebra and Ward's triangle were higher in the endemic fluorosis group than in the control C Group (P < 0.001). Patients with endemic fluorosis had higher femur neck and femur trochanter BMDs than did controls (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05, respectively). There was a positive correlation between serum fluoride content and BNID at the spine (r = 0.345, P = 0.001), femoral neck (r = 0.274, P = 0.011), Ward's triangle (r = 0.295. P = 0.006), and trochanter (r = 0.217, P = 0.045). In conclusion, higher bone mineral density levels were seen in early postmenopausal women with endemic skeletal fluorosis. BNID measurement is a tool in the diagnosis and management of this preventable crippling disease. |
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| dc.language |
eng |
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| dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess |
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| dc.title |
Bone mineral density of the spine and femur in early postmenopausal Turkish women with endemic skeletal fluorosis |
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| dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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