Bone Abstracts

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been found associated with low areal bone mineral density and an increase in fracture rate. Previous histomorphometric findings revealed abnormally low cancellous bone volume and thin cortices. In the present work, we studied the same transiliac bone biopsy samples from n=19 COPD patients for cancellous (Cn.) and cortical (Ct.) bone mineralization density distribution (BMDD) based on quantitative backscatter electron im...