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Titel:

Bone marrow fat composition as a novel imaging biomarker in postmenopausal women with prevalent fragility fractures.

Dokumenttyp:
journal article
Autor(en):
Patsch, Janina M, JM; Li, Xiaojuan, X; Baum, Thomas, T; Yap, Samuel P, SP; Karampinos, Dimitrios C, DC; Schwartz, Ann V, AV; Link, Thomas M, TM
Abstract:
The goal of this magnetic resonance (MR) imaging study was to quantify vertebral bone marrow fat content and composition in diabetic and nondiabetic postmenopausal women with fragility fractures and to compare them with nonfracture controls with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus. Sixty-nine postmenopausal women (mean age 63 ± 5 years) were recruited. Thirty-six patients (47.8%) had spinal and/or peripheral fragility fractures. Seventeen fracture patients were diabetic. Thirty-three women (52....     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
J Bone Miner Res
Jahr:
2013
Band / Volume:
28
Heft / Issue:
8
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
1721-8
Sprache:
eng
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23558967
Print-ISSN:
0884-0431
TUM Einrichtung:
Institut für Radiologie
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