Osteoporosis in older men: Recent advances in pathophysiology and treatment

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 527-539

  Laurent, Michaël ^a,b   Gielen, Evelien ^a,b   Claessens, Frank ^b   Boonen, Steven ^a,b   Vanderschueren, Dirk ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ageing; androgens; bisphosphonates; bone mineral density; denosumab; dual energy X ray absorptiometry; hypogonadism; male; oestrogens; osteoporosis; osteoporotic fractures; peak bone mass; strontium ranelate; teriparatide; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; DENOSUMAB; ENOBOSARM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; IBANDRONIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PRASTERONE; RALOXIFENE; RISEDRONIC ACID; SELECTIVE ANDROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; STRONTIUM RANELATE; TESTOSTERONE; TOREMIFENE; VITAMIN D; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ANAMNESIS; ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE TURNOVER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FALLING; FAT MASS; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; IDIOPATHIC OSTEOPOROSIS; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPENIA; SCREENING; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SECONDARY OSTEOPOROSIS; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGEING; ANDROGENS; BISPHOSPHONATES; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; DENOSUMAB; DUAL ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; OESTROGENS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PEAK BONE MASS; STRONTIUM RANELATE; TERIPARATIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; ANDROGENS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DIPHOSPHONATES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RISK FACTORS; TERIPARATIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84884415379     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2013.04.010     Document Type: Review

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