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Acromegaly Has a Negative Influence on Trabecular Bone, But Not on Cortical Bone, as Assessed by High-Resolution Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography
Author(s) -
Miguel Madeira,
Leonardo Vieira Neto,
Francisco de Paula ParanhosNeto,
Inayá Corrêa Barbosa Lima,
Laura Maria Carvalho de Mendonça,
Mônica R. Gadelha,
Maria Lúcia Fleiuss Farias
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-4073
Subject(s) - quantitative computed tomography , peripheral , cortical bone , acromegaly , computed tomography , high resolution , trabecular bone , medicine , tomography , resolution (logic) , anatomy , bone density , radiology , osteoporosis , growth hormone , computer science , geology , artificial intelligence , remote sensing , hormone
Acromegaly is one of the causes of secondary osteoporosis, although studies of bone mineral density (BMD) have yielded conflicting results and none of them have evaluated the bone properties.

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