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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
195
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1985-5-23
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Fifty women (mean age 69 +/- 5 years) with biopsy-proven osteoporosis and back pain were radiographically studied for scoliosis, kyphosis, and compression fractures. Twenty-four (48%) osteoporotics had at least 10 degrees of structural scoliosis. Curves were indistinguishable from those of idiopathic scoliosis. Lumbar and thoracolumbar curves were most common. The kyphosis averaged 70 degrees +/- 17 degrees and spanned 9.8 +/- 1.75 vertebrae. Forty-seven patients had 140 compression fractures. Fractures occurred within, but were usually not the cause of, scoliotic curves. Scoliosis in elderly women is a clinical marker and may be a risk factor for osteoporosis and compression fractures. Adult scoliotic patients should be evaluated for osteoporosis with iliac bone biopsies and aggressively treated.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
May
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| pubmed:issn |
0009-921X
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
216-23
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2005-3-3
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:3978955-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:3978955-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:3978955-Fractures, Spontaneous,
pubmed-meshheading:3978955-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:3978955-Kyphosis,
pubmed-meshheading:3978955-Lumbar Vertebrae,
pubmed-meshheading:3978955-Menopause,
pubmed-meshheading:3978955-Osteoporosis,
pubmed-meshheading:3978955-Scoliosis,
pubmed-meshheading:3978955-Thoracic Vertebrae
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| pubmed:year |
1985
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Structural scoliosis in osteoporotic women.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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