Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0003pp83 | Bone development/growth and fracture repair | ECTS2014

Serum serotonin: useful for the assessment of the bone metabolism status?

Poiana Catalina , Carsote Mara , Radoi Valentin , Mihai Alexandra , Geleriu Andreea , Capatana Cristina , Trifanescu Raluca , Opris Daniela

Introduction: Atypical markers will provide interesting information in order to assess the bone metabolism. Serotonin has a dual action related to the bone and its serum level is the easiest to use in daily clinical practice also the exact value is not very well described up to this moment.Aim: We correlate to serum levels of serotonin with different results of clinical bone health evaluation in menopausal women.Materials and metho...

ba0003pp254 | Osteoporosis: evaluation and imaging | ECTS2014

Ten-year absolute fragility fracture risk and central DXA assessment: does hypovitaminosis D matter in menopausal women?

Carsote Mara , Radoi Valentin , Dusceac Roxana , Geleriu Andreea , Mihai Alexandra , Paun Diana , Miulescu Rucsandra Danciulescu , Poiana Catalina

Introduction: The FRAX model is a new method to assess fracture risk and this aspect is important in menopause. The DXA is still the golden standard but the relationship between these two instruments is complex.Aim: We correlate the 10-year absolute fracture risk of hip (10-yH) and major fractures (10-yM) based on FRAX with or without bone mineral density (BMD) with lumbar DXA in menopause women, and we use a statistical model to find out whether the vit...