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Open AccessDiagnosis and treatment of Paget’s disease of bone: position paper from the Italian Society of Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism and Skeletal Diseases (SIOMMMS)
Paget’s disease of bone is a focal skeletal disorder causing bone deformities and impairing bone quality. Despite the prevalence of asymptomatic cases is increasing, the progression of the disease can lead to ...
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Open AccessRefracture following vertebral fragility fracture when bone fragility is not recognized: summarizing findings from comparator arms of randomized clinical trials
Since vertebral fragility fractures (VFFs) might increase the risk of subsequent fractures, we evaluated the incidence rate and the refracture risk of subsequent vertebral and non-vertebral fragility fractures...
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Open AccessA systematic review on the performance of fracture risk assessment tools: FRAX, DeFRA, FRA-HS
Preventing fragility fractures by treating osteoporosis may reduce disability and mortality worldwide. Algorithms combining clinical risk factors with bone mineral density have been developed to better estimat...
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Open AccessThe integrated structure of care: evidence for the efficacy of models of clinical governance in the prevention of fragility fractures after recent sentinel fracture after the age of 50 years
Randomized clinical trials and observational studies on the implementation of clinical governance models, in patients who had experienced a fragility fracture, were examined. Literature was systematically revi...
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Adhesive capsulitis and ultrasound diagnosis, an inseparable pair: a novel review
Adhesive Capsulitis (AC) is a musculoskeletal disorder initially described by Codman in 1934. The disease is characterized by pain-limited restriction in active and passive glenohumeral range of motion (ROM) d...
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Open AccessNeridronate for transient osteoporosis of the hip in a child
Transient osteoporosis of the hip (TOH) is usually reported in middle-aged men or during pregnancy as a benign self-limiting condition. Nevertheless, its impact on quality of life in terms of pain and disabil...
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Effects of rituximab therapy on B cell differentiation and depletion
Rituximab is a human/murine chimeric anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody. It is largely used to treat B cell malignancies and has become standard in the management of B cell‑mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arth...
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The epidemiology of osteoporosis in Italian postmenopausal women according to the National Bone Health Alliance (NBHA) diagnostic criteria: a multicenter cohort study
The study was aimed at evaluating the prevalence of osteoporosis, defined by BMD and the National Bone Health Alliance (NBHA) criteria, and the prevalence of clinical risk factors for fractures in Italian pos...
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Effect of Clodronate Treatment on Risk of Fracture: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
A systematic review and a meta-analysis of data of literature were performed to evaluate the efficacy of clodronate in the reduction of risk of fractures in patients with osteoporosis or tumour diseases. A sys...
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Calcaneus Ultrasonometry and Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry for the Evaluation of Vertebral Fracture Risk
The aim of this retrospective, cross-sectional, controlled, non-population-based study was to evaluate the specificity and sensitivity of quantitative ultrasonometry (QUS) of the heel and of dual-energy X-ray ...
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Ultrasound and Clinical Evaluation of Quadricipital Tendon Enthesitis in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Enthesitis is an inflammatory lesion of the tendon, ligament and capsular insertions into the bone, and it is a fundamental element in the diagnosis of spondyloarthropathies. Sonography is the method of choic...
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Ultrasound and Clinical Evaluation of Quadricipital Tendon Enthesitis in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Enthesitis is an inflammatory lesion of the tendon, ligament and capsular insertions into the bone, and it is a fundamental element in the diagnosis of spondyloarthropathies. Sonography is the method of choic...
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Total body absorptiometry in postmenopausal osteoporosis patients treated with lα-hydroxylated vitamin D metabolites
