Usefulness of bone microarchitectural and geometric DXA-derived parameters in haemophilic patients.

Fabio Massimo UlivieriGiulia Antonella Angela RebagliatiLuca Petruccio PiodiLuigi Piero SolimenoGianluigi PastaElena BoccalandroMaria Rosaria FasuloMaria Elisa MancusoElena Santagostino

Published in: Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia (2018)

Haemophilic patients showed a reduced BMD at lumbar spine and/or femur. Femoral bone density and geometry correlated with HJHS. The microarchitecture of the trabecular vertebral bone seemed to be not influenced by the haemophilic joint damage.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
postmenopausal women
body composition
prognostic factors
magnetic resonance imaging
bone loss