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Unexplained high BMD in DXA-scanned patients is generalized throughout the skeleton and characterized by thicker cortical and trabecular bone.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Apr 2015
Lomholt S, Amstrup A K, Moser E, Jakobsen N F B, Mosekilde L, Vestergaard P, Rejnmark L
Abstract excerpt
Unexplained high bone mineral density (BMD) is a rare condition and the mechanisms responsible are yet to be described in detail. The aim of the study was to identify patients with unexplained high BMD from a local DXA database and compare their radiological phenotype with an age- and a gender-matched group of population-based controls. We defined high BMD as a DXA Z-score ≥ + 2.5 at the total hip and lumbar...
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