Diseases

Osteoporosis

Reduction of bone mass without alteration in the composition of bone, leading to fractures. Primary osteoporosis can be of two major types: postmenopausal osteoporosis (OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL) and age-related or senile osteoporosis.

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Reduction of bone mass without alteration in the composition of bone, leading to fractures. Primary osteoporosis can be of two major types: postmenopausal osteoporosis (OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL) and age-related or senile osteoporosis.

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21 entry terms
  • Osteoporoses
  • Age-Related Osteoporosis
  • Bone Loss, Age-Related
  • Osteoporosis, Age-Related
  • Osteoporosis, Involutional
  • Osteoporosis, Post-Traumatic
  • Osteoporosis, Senile
  • Senile Osteoporosis
  • Age Related Osteoporosis
  • Age-Related Bone Loss
  • Age-Related Bone Losses
  • Age-Related Osteoporoses
  • Bone Loss, Age Related
  • Bone Losses, Age-Related
  • Osteoporoses, Age-Related
  • Osteoporoses, Senile
  • Osteoporosis, Age Related
  • Osteoporosis, Post Traumatic
  • Post-Traumatic Osteoporoses
  • Post-Traumatic Osteoporosis
  • Senile Osteoporoses

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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related to aging: note X refs; age-related osteoporosis in men goes here; age-related osteoporosis in women is probably OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL

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  1. C05w.116w.198w.579w
  2. C18.452w.104w.579w

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WE 250

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Osteoporosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010024. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010024
  2. Osteoporosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteoporosis
  3. Osteoporosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165328