According to the US Preventative Services Task Force, DEXA screening is recommended for all men over the age of 70 and all women over the age of 65. Bone density should also be measured in women between the ages of 50 and 65 who are considered high risk for osteoporosis. In addition to ...
We hypothesized that low bone density following early adolescent pregnancy persists into young adult life. Methods A cohort of 256 women was identified by chart review. Participants were eligible if they delivered before the age of 16 years and were aged 20 to 45 years at time of study. We ...
Osteoporosis is one of the most common metabolic bone disease among pre- and postmenopausal women. As the precursors of osteoclast cells, circulating monocytes play important role in bone destruction and remodeling. The aim of study is to identify potent
We constructed age- and sex-smoothed reference values for areal bone mineral density (aBMD) of total body less head (TBLH), total body (TB), lumbar spine (LS), and bone mineral apparent density (BMAD) for LS, by means of Generalized Additive Models for Location, Scale and Shape (...
Women going through menopause are also more likely to experience weaker bones, as their bones lose density as a result of decreased estrogen, a hormone that protects and maintains bone health. Common AilmentsOsteoporosis/Osteopenia Osteoporosis, and its less severe counterpart osteopenia, are ...
A conventional bone density test such as a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) is usually not feasible and could unnecessarily delay the time to surgery. In this context, the DTI is a validated and simple instrument for assessing local bone quality in the proximal humerus, making it ...
Rett syndrome (RTT) is an X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the MECP2 gene. In 49 female RTT children, aged 1.9–17 y, bone mass was assessed and correlated with clinical parameters and mutations involving the MECP2 gene. We als
However, 11 of 49 children (22%) had z scores for the lumbar spine within normal reference range, between 0.0 and Ϫ1.5 SD. Partial DXA studies were obtained in five adult women because of previous spine fusion or hip surgery. L1-L4 BMD z scores for four of five adult females aged ...
Results: NMC occurred in 2 females and 3 males (mean age 14 years, range <1 to 51 y), as masses involving the sciatic nerve (N=4) or brachial plexus (N=1). In 4 of 5 cases, biopsy-confirmed NMC-Fi developed following biopsy or surgical intervention for the NMC. Three (of 5) ...
the size of nanomedicines significantly impacts their excretion pathways: particles smaller than 6 nm are usually eliminated via renal filtration, whereas those larger than 500 nm tend to be cleared by the reticuloendothelial system. Hence, the ideal size range for nanocarriers is roughly 20 ~...