Gianluigi Fabbriciani

TL;DR: Among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, body weight and BMI are associated with a higher likelihood of having a vertebral fracture, irrespective of the positive association between weight and BMD.

TL;DR: This meta-analysis confirms the association between severe haemophilia and low BMD and future studies should investigate fracture rates and interventions to prevent bone loss in persons with haemophile.

TL;DR: It is found that alkaline-phosphatase-positive (AP+) cells are the lacking cells in osteoporosis, whose reduction is related to bone loss, and the increased number of alkaline phosphatase/CD34-positive cells may reflect the reactive bone marrow contribution to bone formation.

TL;DR: The case of an 81-year-old osteoporotic woman presented with a 1-year history of persistent low back pain onset after a trauma and treatment with teriparatide is described, which suggests osteoanabolic treatment may be used in patients with Kümmell’s disease to enhance vertebral fracture's healing and contribute to back pain relief.

TL;DR: In women with postmenopausal osteoporosis an increased availability of circulating osteoprogenitor cells has a detrimental influence on arterial compliance, which may in part explain the association between osteoporeosis and arterial stiffening.