Osteoporosis: Etiology and Therapy
- 1 October 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine
- Vol. 34 (4) , 407-409
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1963.11694881
Abstract
The etiologic process involved in human osteoporosis (excluding that due to excessive adrenocorticoid excretion) is considered of the idiopathic variety. Studies with radioisotope labeling have indicated that most forms of osteoporosis may be considered a metabolic bone disease resulting in more destruction than formation of bone. Therapy is aimed toward eliminating pain, preventing vertebral fractures, and recalcifying the skeleton.Keywords
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