Bone Abstracts

Background: Osteoporosis is a leading cause of morbidity in patients affected by β-thalassaemia major (TM) and intermediate thalassaemia (TI). Appropriate supportive care and identification of long-term sequels of therapy are important in thalassaemic patients. As low bone mineral quality (BMQ) in patients can be considered a marker of possible degeneration to osteopenia and osteoporosis in adulthood, we evaluated bone features in a young population followed at ‘A. P...

Introduction: Recently reported high incidences of hip fractures emphasize the need of more effective methods for osteoporosis diagnosis, currently performed essentially by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) examinations of the proximal femur. However, high costs and radiation-related issues do not allow DXA employment for population mass screenings. Aim of this study is to carry out a preliminary clinical validation of a new ultrasound (US)-based method to perform femoral...

Osteoporosis is a leading cause of morbidity in patients affected by β-thalassaemia major (TM) and intermediate thalassaemia (TI). Appropriate supportive care and identification of long-term sequels of therapy are important in thalassaemic patients. As low bone mineral quality (BMQ) in patients can be considered a marker of possible degeneration to osteopenia and osteoporosis in adulthood, we evaluated bone features in a young population followed at ‘A. Perrino’...