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M Oyama
Rheumatology
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C-reactive protein predicts incident fracture in community-dwelling elderly Japanese women: the Muramatsu study
In a 6-year cohort study of 751 community-dwelling elderly Japanese women, we found that C-reactive protein (CRP) is a significant predictor of osteoporotic fracture in elderly Asian women, who have significan...
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Vitamin D sufficiency is associated with low incidence of limb and vertebral fractures in community-dwelling elderly Japanese women: the Muramatsu Study
Data on the association between vitamin D status and osteoporotic fracture in Asians are sparse. We conducted a 6-year cohort study of 773 community-dwelling elderly Japanese women and found that serum 25-hydr...
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Prior nonhip limb fracture predicts subsequent hip fracture in institutionalized elderly people
This 1-year cohort study of nursing home residents revealed that historical fractures of upper limbs or nonhip lower limbs were associated with hip fracture (hazard ratio = 2.14), independent of activities of ...
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Fracture incidence in nursing homes in Japan
We conducted the first study to determine fracture incidence in institutionalized elderly people in East Asia. Fracture incidence was generally higher than in the general population but was not for all fractur...
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Identification of the proto-oncogene c-fos in areas of periprosthetic osteolysis around loosened hip prostheses
Expression of the proto-oncogene c-fos was investigated by in situ hybridization and a study of the immunohistochemistry of the interfacial membranes surrounding the femoral component of failed cementless tot...
