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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/92652| Title: | Intervertebral disc height in premenopausal women, treated and untreated postmenopausal women and postmenopausal women with osteoporotic vertebral fractures |
| Authors: | Muscat Baron, Yves Felice, Nicholas Brincat, Mark Galea, Raymond P. Calleja, Neville |
| Keywords: | Estrogen Extracellular matrix Intervertebral disk Menopause Osteoporosis |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Citation: | Muscat Baron, I., Felice, N., Brincat, M., Galea, R. P., & Calleja, N. (2007). Intervertebral disc height in premenopausal women, treated and untreated postmenopausal women and postmenopausal women with osteoporotic vertebral fractures. Osteoporosis International |
| Abstract: | Postmenopausal women with vertebral fractures have significantly low disc heights. The disc heights are significantly lower than HRT treated and premenopausal women. The disc heights of the calcium and bisphosphonate groups were also significantly lower than the HRT treated and premenopausal women. These results suggests that the discoid shape and viscoelastic properties of the intervertebral discs may be relevant to the genesis of osteoporotic vertebral fractures and nonhormonally treated menopausal women also have significantly low disc heights. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/92652 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SOG |
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