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Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Bone Diseases, Metabolic > Osteoporosis > Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Bone Diseases, Metabolic > Osteoporosis > Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal

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Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal  

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Entry terms

  • Bone Losses, Perimenopausal
  • Bone Losses, Postmenopausal
  • Bone Loss, Perimenopausal
  • Bone Loss, Postmenopausal
  • Osteoporoses, Post-Menopausal
  • Osteoporoses, Postmenopausal
  • Osteoporosis, Post Menopausal
  • Osteoporosis, Post-Menopausal
  • Perimenopausal Bone Loss
  • Perimenopausal Bone Losses
  • Postmenopausal Bone Loss
  • Postmenopausal Bone Losses
  • Post-Menopausal Osteoporoses
  • Postmenopausal Osteoporoses
  • Post-Menopausal Osteoporosis
  • Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Note

  • in females; don't forget also check tags HUMANS + FEMALE; corresponding age-related osteoporosis in men goes under OSTEOPOROSIS

Scope note

  • Metabolic disorder associated with fractures of the femoral neck, vertebrae, and distal forearm. It occurs commonly in women within 15-20 years after menopause, and is caused by factors associated with menopause including estrogen deficiency.

History note

  • 90; BONE LOSS, PERIMENOPAUSAL; BONE LOSS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PERIMENOPAUSAL BONE LOSS; & POSTMENOPAUSAL BONE LOSS were see OSTEOPOROSIS 1987-89

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015663

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