Open AccessPredictors of bone mineral density in patients with Sheehan′s syndrome
Author(s) -
Ramesh Gomez,
Subhash Yadav,
Eesh Bhatia
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.104072
Subject(s) - medicine , osteopenia , bone mineral , sheehan's syndrome , osteoporosis , lumbar spine , pediatrics , bone density , hypopituitarism , surgery
Sheehan′s syndrome is a leading cause of panhypopituitarism.It is associated with osdteoporosis due to a number of factors like gonadal and growth hormone deficiency; and other factors.In our study, 58 % of patients had osteopenia and 37% had osteoporosis at lumbar spine. Duration of illness had a significant inverse relationship with bone mineral density