Clinical Indicators of Bone Deterioration in Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis and Chronic Alcohol Abuse: Looking beyond Bone Fracture Occurrence

Clinical Indicators of Bone Deterioration in Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis and Chronic Alcohol Abuse: Looking beyond Bone Fracture Occurrence

Although previous studies indicated that chronic alcohol abuse (CAA) and alcoholic liver cirrhosis (ALC) are associated with increased bone fragility, understanding bone fragility determinants is still modest in these individuals. We used a comprehensive individualized clinical fracture risk assessm...

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Main Authors: Milos Stulic, Jelena Jadzic, Natasa Dostanic, Milica Zivkovic, Tihomir Stojkovic, Jelena Aleksic, Stefan Stojkovic, Milica Stojkovic Lalosevic, Marko Vojnovic, Zeljko Vlaisavljevic, Jelena Martinov Nestorov, Tatjana Nikolić, Violeta Culafic Vojinovic, Djordje Culafic, Danijela Djonic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
Series:Diagnostics
Subjects:
alcoholic liver cirrhosis
chronic alcohol abuse
osteoporosis
FRAX
trabecular bone score
dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/14/5/510

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