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Thyroid diseases and bone health.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 Jan 2018
Williams G R, Bassett J H D
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid hormones are essential for skeletal development and are important regulators of bone maintenance in adults. Childhood hypothyroidism causes delayed skeletal development, retarded linear growth and impaired bone mineral accrual. Epiphyseal dysgenesis is evidenced by classic features of stippled epiphyses on X-ray. In severe cases, post-natal growth arrest results in a complex skeletal dysplasia. Thyroid...
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