Osteoporosis in nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study

Osteoporosis in nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Since nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) is common in middle-aged/elderly slender women at risk of osteoporosis, we hypothesized that NTM-PD could be associated with osteoporosis. The study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of osteoporosis in patients with NTM...

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Main Authors: Hiromu Tanaka, Takanori Asakura, Shoji Suzuki, Satoshi Okamori, Tatsuya Kusumoto, Takunori Ogawa, Shunsuke Uno, Atsuho Morita, Ho Lee, Ho Namkoong, Hirofumi Kamata, Yasunori Sato, Yoshifumi Uwamino, Tomoyasu Nishimura, Makoto Ishii, Koichi Fukunaga, Naoki Hasegawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
Sex hormone
Postmenopausal women
The Lady Windermere's syndrome
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-01991-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-01991-3

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