Influence of bisphosphonate therapy on bone geometry, volumetric bone density and bone strength of femoral shaft in postmenopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis

BACKGROUND: There is evidence that postmenopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on glucocorticoid (GC) therapy and bisphosphonate (BP) have an increased risk for atypical subtrochanteric and atypical diaphyseal femoral fracture (AFF). The underlying mechanism has not been elucidated so far. U...

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Autores principales: Meinen, Rahel, Galli-Lysak, Inna, Villiger, Peter M., Aeberli, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27491286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1167-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27491286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1167-8

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