Open AccessBone density and bone metabolism in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Author(s) -
Kourosh Masnadi Shirazi,
Mohammad Hossein Somi,
Parisa Rezaeifar,
Ibrahim Fattahi,
Manouchehr Khoshbaten,
Masoumeh Ahmadzadeh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.98428
Subject(s) - medicine , femoral neck , bone mineral , bone remodeling , inflammatory bowel disease , osteoporosis , ulcerative colitis , gastroenterology , metabolic bone disease , bone density , vitamin d and neurology , densitometry , disease
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at high risk for low bone mineral density (BMD). This study aimed to evaluate BMD in IBD patients and its relationship with bone metabolism in a group of Iranian patients.