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Risk factors for osteoporosis in Crohn's disease: infliximab, corticosteroids, body mass index, and age of onset.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 May 2013
Azzopardi Neville, Ellul Pierre
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We analyzed the characteristics associated with increased risk of osteoporosis in patients with Crohn's disease in Malta. METHOD: Eighty-three patients with histologically and endoscopically confirmed Crohn's disease underwent a DEXA bone density scan and their phenotypic characteristics were analyzed. RESULTS: There was a significant association between body mass index and bone mineral density (P =...
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