Bone mineral density and vertebral fractures in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A systematic review and meta-regression.
Claudia Mendoza-PintoAdriana Rojas-VillarragaNicolás Molano-GonzálezErick A Jiménez-HerreraMaría de la Luz León-VázquezÁlvaro Montiel-JarquínClaudia Mendoza-PintoRicard CerveraPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Patients with SLE had lower BMD than healthy controls. Moreover, SLE patients with VF had lower BMD than patients without VF. However, our data did not show that GCT therapy had an impact on BMD.
Keyphrases
- bone mineral density
- postmenopausal women
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- end stage renal disease
- body composition
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- disease activity
- peritoneal dialysis
- stem cells
- electronic health record
- rheumatoid arthritis
- bone marrow
- machine learning
- cell therapy
- replacement therapy