POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS (PRIMARY TYPE 1 OSTEOPOROSIS)
(ARTICLE BY: Hina Fatima, 3rd Year MBBS, Rawalpindi Medical College)
The term osteoporosis as defined by The National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference reveals “a disease of increased skeletal fragility accompanied by a low bone mineral density (a T score for bone mineral density lower than 2.5) and microarchitectural deterioration”.
Postmenopausal osteoporosis,however strongly refers to
(ARTICLE BY: Hina Fatima, 3rd Year MBBS, Rawalpindi Medical College)
The term osteoporosis as defined by The National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference reveals “a disease of increased skeletal fragility accompanied by a low bone mineral density (a T score for bone mineral density lower than 2.5) and microarchitectural deterioration”.
Postmenopausal osteoporosis,however strongly refers to