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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-30
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with Crohn's disease are well known to have local and generalized osteopenia of varying degrees. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the additional involvement of the sacroiliac joint as an extraintestinal manifestation has an influence on bone turnover in female patients with Crohn's disease. Osteocalcin and other parameters of bone metabolism were measured in 79 female patients with Crohn's disease. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Z scores were obtained by comparison with age- and sex-matched normal values. As regards the sacroiliac involvement (n = 26; group 1), we found a significantly lower BMD in the lumbar spine (L4) and in Ward's triangle of the femoral neck compared to controls (P < 0.05) and those patients (n = 53; group 2) with pure ileitis terminalis Crohn. Furthermore, the duration of the disease process in patients with Crohn's disease and extraintestinal involvement was markedly shorter than that of patients in group 2 (P < 0.05). In conclusion, osteoporosis in female patients with sacroiliac involvement manifested itself in a more severe way.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0172-8172
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
45-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Rapid spinal trabecular bone loss in female patients with ileitis terminalis Crohn and additional sacroiliac joint inflammation.
pubmed:affiliation
Medizinische Klinik III, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article