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Osteoporosis

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Definition: Reduction of bone mass without alteration in the composition of bone, leading to fractures. Primary osteoporosis can be of two major types: postmenopausal osteoporosis (OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL) and age-related or senile osteoporosis.  related to aging: note X refs; age-related osteoporosis in men goes here; age-related osteoporosis in women is probably OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL   
Examples Female Athlete Triad Syndrome; Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal 		Other names Senile Osteoporosis; Osteoporosis, Senile; Osteoporosis, Post-Traumatic; Osteoporosis, Age-Related; Bone Loss, Age-Related; Age-Related Osteoporosis; Senile Osteoporoses; Post-Traumatic Osteoporosis; Post-Traumatic Osteoporoses; Osteoporosis, Post Traumatic; Osteoporosis, Age Related; Osteoporoses, Senile; Osteoporoses, Age-Related; Osteoporoses; Bone Losses, Age-Related; Bone Loss, Age Related; Age-Related Osteoporoses; Age-Related Bone Losses; Age-Related Bone Loss; Age Related Osteoporosis
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
BHQ880  0   *Antibodies, Monoclonal Osteoporosis/drug therapy Anabolic Agents. Lancet. 2011 Apr 9;377(9773):1276-87
Prader-Willi habitus, osteopenia, and camptodactyly  0   *Osteoporosis *Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Macroepiphyseal dysplasia, McAlister Coe type  0   *Bone Diseases, Developmental *Osteoporosis *Skin Diseases.
Juvenile osteoporosis  0   *Osteoporosis.
Singleton Merten syndrome  0   *Aortic Diseases *Dental Enamel Hypoplasia *Muscular Diseases *Osteoporosis *Odontodysplasia *Vascular Calcification Metacarpus/abnormalities.
Winchester syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Contracture *Corneal Opacity *Growth Disorders *Osteolysis *Osteoporosis.
Craniometaphyseal dysplasia dominant type  0   *Bone Diseases, Developmental *Facial Paralysis *Osteoporosis Skull/abnormalities.
Exudative vitreoretinopathy 1  0   *Osteoporosis *Vitreoretinopathy, Proliferative.
Hernandez Fragoso syndrome  0   *Eye Diseases *Osteoporosis *Skin Diseases *Hypopigmentation.
Premature aging, Okamoto type  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Cataract *Diabetes Mellitus *Growth Disorders *Osteoporosis *Osteosarcoma.
jiangu fufang  0   *Drugs, Chinese Herbal Osteoporosis/drug therapy. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2006 Dec;31(24):2070-3
chujo-to  0   *Drugs, Chinese Herbal Osteoporosis. Phytother Res 1999 Feb;13(1):14-9

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