Roman S. Lorenc

TL;DR: Light is shed on the genetic architecture and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying BMD variation and fracture susceptibility and within the RANK-RANKL-OPG, mesenchymal stem cell differentiation, endochondral ossification and Wnt signaling pathways.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of 10 mg of alendronate or placebo, given daily, on bone mineral density in 241 men with osteoporosis, was studied in a double-blind trial.

TL;DR: The International Society for Clinical Densitometry Official Positions on reporting of densitometry results in children represent an effort to consolidate opinions to assist healthcare providers determine which skeletal sites should be assessed, which adjustments should be made in these assessments, appropriate pediatric reference databases, and elements to include in a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) report.

TL;DR: The data confirm the frequent occurrence of the disorder in men as well as in women and the rise in incidence with age and some evidence of geographic variation in fracture occurrence; rates were higher in Sweden than elsewhere in Europe.

TL;DR: Wright et al. as mentioned in this paper show that wiele korzyści wynikających z dzialania witaminy D na organizm czlowieka na wszystkichetapach jego zycia wiekszośc badan epidemiologicznych sugeruje, ze niedobor witaminą D, ktore przeslano do czlonkow Komitetu Naukowego konfere