Effects of simple hysterectomy on bone loss

Lumbar spine and proximal femoral bone densities of Caucasian women, aged 35-45, were measured by dual photon densitometry model DPX. The measurement sites were assessed at the lumbar spine (vertebrae L2 to L4) and at the proximal femur (trochanter, femoral neck and Ward's triangle). After excl...

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Published in:São Paulo Medical Journal
Main Authors: Rosana Durães Simões, Edmund Chada Baracat, Vera Lúcia Szjenfeld, Geraldo Rodrigues de Lima, Wagner José Gonçalves, Claudia de Carvalho Ramos Bortoletto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Subjects:
Premenopausal hysterectomy
Postmenopausal osteoporosis
Photon absorptiometry
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