References for Osteoporosis

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Appendicular bone density and age predict hip fracture in women. The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group;

Intermittent cyclical etidronate treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis

A prospective study to evaluate the dose of vitamin D required to correct low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, calcium, and alkaline phosphatase in patients at risk of developing antiepileptic drug-induced osteomalacia.

Hypothalamic osteopenia--body weight and skeletal mass in the premenopausal woman.

The coexistence and characteristics of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis.

Effect of intense physical activity on the bone-mineral content in the lower limbs of young adults.

Assessment of the risk of vertebral fracture in menopausal women.

Proximal femoral fractures.

Age- and sex-specific incidence of femoral neck and trochanteric fractures. An analysis based on 20,538 fractures in Stockholm County, Sweden, 1972-1981.

Osteoporosis and proximal femoral fractures in the female elderly of Jerusalem.

A controlled trial of the effect of calcium supplementation on bone density in postmenopausal women.

Intermittent cyclical etidronate treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis [see comments

Effect of intermittent cyclical etidronate therapy on bone mass and fracture rate in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis with calcitriol or calcium [see

Original Articles: Prevention Of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis -- A Comparative Study of Exercise, Calcium Supplementation, and Hormone-Replacement Therapy.

Effect of calcium supplementation on bone loss in postmenopausal women

Vitamin D3 and calcium to prevent hip fractures in the elderly women.

Total body bone density in amenorrheic runners.

Effect of calcium supplementation on bone loss in postmenopausal women

The effect of postmenopausal estrogen therapy on bone density in elderly women.

Bone density at various sites for prediction of hip fractures.
    SR Cummings et al.   Lancet. Vol 341. 1993. p 72-75.

Menstrual irregularity and stress fractures in collegiate female distance runners.
      Barrow G, Saha S:   Am J Sports Med 1988;16:209-216.

Osteoposis: current modes of prevention and treatment.
      JM Lane and M. Nydick MD.   JAAOS. Vol 7. No 1. Jan/Feb. 1999 p 19.